Author: Barb Parks

The Women’s Peace Walk celebrates finally arriving in Key West, Florida. From left to right: Lynda Lou Simmons (facing the camera), Pam Smith, Rainbow Williams, Robin Ferguson (holding the Women’s Peace Walk banner), Sandy Cosgrave (looking up), Kate Gallagher (clapping), Gail Mayes, Dixie Biggs, Weed Roy (wearing “stop the bomb racket” poster), Jean Frances (making peace sign), Sandra Lambert, unidentified woman in a rainbow tam, and Sandy Malone.

Corky Culver joins the Gainesville Women’s Peace Walk, an act of courageous defiance, a 41-day journey down the east coast of Florida, from Gainesville to Key West.

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Diana Rivers’s sculpture called Goddess Rising is the centerpiece of her home altar. Courtesy of Diana Rivers

Diana Rivers goes from atheist to pagan while serving cakes for the Queen of Heaven.

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Clockwise, starting at the bottom, are: Shewolf on a tractor, Corky Culver carrying hay, Nett Hart digging with a shovel, and Cedar Heartwood with a chainsaw and headphones to minimize the noise. Collage by Cedar Heartwood.

Shewolf said that it was a miracle that her directory happened at all. It was important to document this movement, to show how widespread it was
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