Posts by Amanda Bouldin
After the Revolutionary War and the establishment of this country, only a very few wealthy white men enjoyed the right to vote and own property. Has the Union Leader forgotten the Civil War, the civil rights movement, and women rallying for the right to vote? If “all men” always meant “all people” as the Union Leader suggests, why were these movements necessary?
Amanda Bouldin, state representative for Manchester, has been doing her part making sure about 60 families in the city are getting a weekly food box, but she is starting to need help. Bouldin helps out with the annual Shire Sharing program to make sure people get Thanksgiving food, and she knows there are people hungry every week.
I was only 26 when my dad died. I feel like that’s a bit too young. I hadn’t yet reached the age where I wanted to learn from my family. I was still in that “I Know Everything” phase of youth. So before I was able to mature into that older relationship that people tend to have with their parents, my dad was gone.