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... > social science subjects > sociology > social change > activism and social justice > political and social movements (North America) > Cindy Sheehan
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... > social science subjects > sociology > family studies > motherhood encyc > prominent mothers > Cindy Sheehan
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  • Cindy Sheehan's son, Army Specialist Casey Austin Sheehan, was killed in Sadr City, Iraq, on April 4, 2004. Shortly after Casey's death, his sister Carly wrote a poem titled A Nation Rocked to Sleep that details the anguish felt by a family and a nation when a soldier dies. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Sheehan, Cindy (1957–)]

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