Alice Tripp | |
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Born | Alice Raattama Tripp August 22, 1918 Nashwauk, Minnesota, U.S |
Died | September 11, 2014 Belgrade, Minnesota, U.S | (aged 96)
Alma mater | Lawrence University |
Political party | DFL |
Movement | Anti-power line |
Alice Raatama Tripp (August 22, 1918 - September 11, 2014) was an American anti-power line activist, English teacher, and farmer who ran for President of the United States in the 1980 Democratic party presidential primary, receiving two delegates at the convention.[1][2] Tripp also ran for Governor of Minnesota in the 1978 election as a primary challenger to incumbent governor Rudy Perpich but was defeated.