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References

1. Muska, D. Dowd. The federal DUI mandate: A step BAC. NPRI Issue Brief, March 18, 1998.

2. Simpson, H. M., and Mayhew, D. R. The Hard Core Drinking Driver. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Traffic Injury Research Foundation, 1991.

4. National Motorists Association. Power MADD, march 6, 2000 (motorists.com)

5. Dresty, John. Neo-prohibition. The Chronicle, May 12, 2005; Candy Lightner has emphasized the importance of distinguishing between alcohol and drinking on one hand and drunk driving on the other. (MADD as hell and not going to take it anymore. Broadcasting, 1985 (April), 108, 58).

Readings

Candy Lightner: A grieving mother helped America get MADD. People Weekly, 1999 (March 15), 110.

eNotes.com. Candy Lightner. (eNotes.com)

Frantzich, S. E. Citizen Democracy: Political Activists in a Cynical Age. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. [See section "From Grief to Action: Making One MADD -- Candy Lightner."]

Friedrich, O. Candy Lightner. Time, 1985, 125, 41.

Lightner, Candy. MADD. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving). Sound recording, 1986.

Lightner, Candy and Hathaway, N. Giving Sorrow Words. NY: Warner books, 1990.

MADD as hell and not going to take it anymore (Candy Lightner, founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving). Broadcasting, 1985 (April), 108, 58.

One woman can make a difference (Candy Lightner and Mothers Against Drunk Driving or MADD) Vogue, 1986, 176, 170.

Original thinkers: These five helped reshape the way we see our world --and live and work in it. Life, 1989, 12(12), 167-171. [Includes Candy Lightner and her founding of MADD]

Sellinger, M. Already the conscience of a nation, Candy Lightner prods Congress into action against drunk drivers. People Weekly, 1984, 22, 102+.

Women’s International Center. Candy Lightner. (wic.org)

Center for Consumer Freedom, "Mothers Against Drunk Driving". www.consumerfreedom.com/activistcash/org_overview.cfm?ORG_ID=17