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Dick Wagner (activist)
Roland Richard Wagner (September 23, 1943 – December 13, 2021) was an American historian, activist, and politician, most noted for his work in Wisconsin LGBT history, the creation of organizations to elect gays and lesbians to public office, and public service to Madison, Wisconsin and Dane County. Life and career Wagner was born on September 29, 1943, to Roland A. Wagner and Katherine Moorman Wagner in Dayton, Ohio. He graduated from the University of Dayton in 1965, and from the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a master's degree in 1967 and a doctorate in 1971 in American History. His dissertation was titled “Virtue Against Vice: A Study of Moral Reformers and Prostitution in the Progressive Era.” As a student at UW-Madison, Wagner organized rallies against the Vietnam war and was involved with the Eugene McCarthy 1968 presidential campaign, Eugene McCarthy presidential campaign and the 1970 gubernatorial election. He was also involved in protesting for fair hous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metropolitan area had 814,049 residents and is the state's fourth-largest metropolitan area. Dayton is located within Ohio's Miami Valley region, north of Cincinnati and west-southwest of Columbus, Ohio, Columbus. Dayton was founded in 1796 along the Great Miami River and named after Jonathan Dayton, a Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who owned a significant amount of land in the area. It grew in the 19th century as a canal town and was home to many patents and inventors, most notably the Wright brothers, who developed the first successful motor-operated airplane. It later developed an industrialized economy and was home to the Dayton Project, a branch of the larger Manhattan Project, to develop polonium triggers used in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
