Marjory Stoneman Douglas relaxing at her home with her cat, Willie, in 1994. (Marice Cohn Band/AP)Her name appeared in every news report about the Florida school shooting. And now, as fired-up crowds arrive in Washington for the March for Our Lives, it will be invoked once again: Marjory Stoneman Douglas. But when nearly every other high school in the surrounding area bears only the placid-sounding name of its local community (Coconut Creek High School, Coral Glades High School . Marjory Stoneman Douglas, then 94, with Democratic presidential hopeful Walter Mondale in 1984.

Source: Washington Post March 22, 2018 17:10 UTC