Stephen Gaskin
Writer, Author
1935 – 2014
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Who was Stephen Gaskin?
Stephen Gaskin was an American counterculture Hippie icon best known for his presence in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in the 1960s and for co-founding "The Farm", a famous spiritual intentional community in Summertown, Tennessee. He was a Green Party presidential primary candidate in 2000 on a platform which included campaign finance reform, universal health care, and decriminalization of marijuana. He was the author of over a dozen books, political activist, a philanthropic organizer and a self-proclaimed professional Hippie.
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- Born
- Feb 16, 1935
Denver - Parents
- Spouses
- Ina May Gaskin
(1976 - ) - Carol Groves
(1957 - 1959) - Carol Ladas
(1961 - 1964) - Margaret Nofziger
(1967 - 1975)
- Ina May Gaskin
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- San Francisco
- Died
- Jul 1, 2014
Summertown
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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