Cindy Sheehan

Cindy Lee Miller Sheehan is an American antiwar activist, whose son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War. She attracted national and international media attention in August 2005 for her extended antiwar protest at a makeshift camp outside President George W. Bushs Texas rancha stand that drew both passionate support and criticism. Sheehan ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008. She is a vocal critic of President Barack Obamas foreign policy. Her memoir, Peace Mom A Mothers Journey Through Heartache to Activism, was published in 2006.

Cindy Sheehan was born Cindy Lee Miller in Inglewood, California in 1957. Her father worked at the Lockheed Corporation while her mother raised her family. Sheehan graduated with honors from Cerritos College and studied history at UCLA. She worked as a youth minister at St. Marys Catholic Church in Vacaville, California for eight years, and also coordinated an afterschool program for atrisk middle school children for the City of Vacaville. In 1977, she married Patrick Sheehan in Norwalk, California they had four children, including Casey Sheehan , who was killed in action in Iraq on April 4, 2004. Patrick Sheehan filed for divorce on August 12, 2005, citing irreconcilable differences.

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