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{{Infobox person
| name = Nancy Ross
| image = Nancy Ross.jpg
| alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->| caption = Nancy Ross pictured in 1984
| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date = 1943
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
| other_names =
| occupation = [[Political activist]]
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|party = [[New Alliance Party]]
}}
'''Nancy Ross''' (born 1943) is an [[United States|American]] political activist associated with the [[New Alliance Party]] and the [[Fred Newman (philosopher)|Newmanite movement]].<ref name="tim"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Nancy Ross - Candidate |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/candidate/nancy-ross/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=[[University of Minnesota]] |access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>
Ross, a teacher by profession, was a successful candidate for [[New York City]]'s Community School Board No. 3 in 1977, winning election to a four-year term.<ref name="leslie"/> In 1979, she helped found the New Alliance Party.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |last1=Balz |first1=Dan |title=Group Says 2-Party System in U.S. Contributes to Erosion of Democracy |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-10-mn-136-story.html |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 10, 1990}}</ref>
In 1981 Ross was an unsuccessful candidate for [[New York City Council]] and later stood as the New Alliance Party's candidate in the [[1982 New York gubernatorial election]]. In 1984, she was a candidate for [[Vice-President of the United States]] on the New Alliance ticket, running with the party's presidential nominee [[Dennis Serrette]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Walter |title=Under Various Parties, Presidential Candidate Runs in 33 States |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/20/...presidential-candidate-runs-in-33-states.html |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=October 20, 1984}}</ref><ref name="leslie">{{cite news |last1=Bennetts |first1=Leslie |title=3 in a Race for Council Stress Different Issues |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/27/nyregion/3-in-a-race-for-council-stress-different-issues.html |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=August 27, 1981}}</ref>
She later served as executive director of the New Alliance-associated Rainbow Lobby, described in one 1988 newspaper report as "the fastest growing, independent citizens lobby in America".<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Rainbow Lobby Opens Montclair Office |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/516006780/?terms="nancy ross" "rainbow lobby"&match=1 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=Montclair Times |date=August 18, 1988}}</ref> According to [[Mervyn Dymally]], critics denounced the organization as politically opportunistic and charged that it had selected its name to imply a connection with [[Jesse Jackson]]'s [[Rainbow Coalition]], a criticism to which Ross responded: "the point is not whether Jesse Jackson supports me, but whether I support Jesse Jackson".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dymally |first1=Mervyn |title=The Rainbow Coalition and The Rainbow Lobby |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1989-pt12/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1989-pt12-2-3.pdf |publisher=[[United States House of Representatives]] |access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name="tim"/>
In 1992, following the closure of the Rainbow Lobby, Ross co-founded the lobbying firm of Ross and Green with Ann Green.<ref name="tim">{{cite book |last1=Wohlforth |first1=Tim |title=On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left |date=2015 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=1317463633 |page=248}}</ref> As of 2024, she is a board member of Independent Voting, an umbrella organization of the [[independent voting movement]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Board Members |url=https://independentvoting.org/board-members/ |website=independentvoting.org |publisher=Independent Voting |access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Social therapy]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.c-span.org/video/?25190-1/independent-presidential-candidates-debate Nancy Ross moderating the 1992 independent presidential candidates debate, hosted by the Rainbow Lobby (CSPAN video)]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Nancy}}
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Candidates for Vice President of the United States]]
[[Category:New Alliance Party (United States) politicians]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{Infobox person
| name = Nancy Ross
| image = Nancy Ross.jpg
| alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->| caption = Nancy Ross pictured in 1984
| birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name -->
| birth_date = 1943
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = <!-- use only when necessary per [[WP:INFONAT]] -->
| other_names =
| occupation = [[Political activist]]
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
|party = [[New Alliance Party]]
}}
'''Nancy Ross''' (born 1943) is an [[United States|American]] political activist associated with the [[New Alliance Party]] and the [[Fred Newman (philosopher)|Newmanite movement]].<ref name="tim"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Nancy Ross - Candidate |url=https://mn.electionarchives.lib.umn.edu/candidate/nancy-ross/ |website=Minnesota Historical Election Archive |publisher=[[University of Minnesota]] |access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>
Ross, a teacher by profession, was a successful candidate for [[New York City]]'s Community School Board No. 3 in 1977, winning election to a four-year term.<ref name="leslie"/> In 1979, she helped found the New Alliance Party.<ref name="latimes">{{cite news |last1=Balz |first1=Dan |title=Group Says 2-Party System in U.S. Contributes to Erosion of Democracy |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-10-mn-136-story.html |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 10, 1990}}</ref>
In 1981 Ross was an unsuccessful candidate for [[New York City Council]] and later stood as the New Alliance Party's candidate in the [[1982 New York gubernatorial election]]. In 1984, she was a candidate for [[Vice-President of the United States]] on the New Alliance ticket, running with the party's presidential nominee [[Dennis Serrette]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Goodman |first1=Walter |title=Under Various Parties, Presidential Candidate Runs in 33 States |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/10/20/...presidential-candidate-runs-in-33-states.html |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=October 20, 1984}}</ref><ref name="leslie">{{cite news |last1=Bennetts |first1=Leslie |title=3 in a Race for Council Stress Different Issues |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/27/nyregion/3-in-a-race-for-council-stress-different-issues.html |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=[[New York Times]] |date=August 27, 1981}}</ref>
She later served as executive director of the New Alliance-associated Rainbow Lobby, described in one 1988 newspaper report as "the fastest growing, independent citizens lobby in America".<ref name="latimes"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Rainbow Lobby Opens Montclair Office |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/516006780/?terms="nancy ross" "rainbow lobby"&match=1 |access-date=March 28, 2024 |work=Montclair Times |date=August 18, 1988}}</ref> According to [[Mervyn Dymally]], critics denounced the organization as politically opportunistic and charged that it had selected its name to imply a connection with [[Jesse Jackson]]'s [[Rainbow Coalition]], a criticism to which Ross responded: "the point is not whether Jesse Jackson supports me, but whether I support Jesse Jackson".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dymally |first1=Mervyn |title=The Rainbow Coalition and The Rainbow Lobby |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1989-pt12/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1989-pt12-2-3.pdf |publisher=[[United States House of Representatives]] |access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name="tim"/>
In 1992, following the closure of the Rainbow Lobby, Ross co-founded the lobbying firm of Ross and Green with Ann Green.<ref name="tim">{{cite book |last1=Wohlforth |first1=Tim |title=On the Edge: Political Cults Right and Left |date=2015 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=1317463633 |page=248}}</ref> As of 2024, she is a board member of Independent Voting, an umbrella organization of the [[independent voting movement]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Board Members |url=https://independentvoting.org/board-members/ |website=independentvoting.org |publisher=Independent Voting |access-date=March 28, 2024}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[Social therapy]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.c-span.org/video/?25190-1/independent-presidential-candidates-debate Nancy Ross moderating the 1992 independent presidential candidates debate, hosted by the Rainbow Lobby (CSPAN video)]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Nancy}}
[[Category:1943 births]]
[[Category:Candidates for Vice President of the United States]]
[[Category:New Alliance Party (United States) politicians]]
Okumaya devam et...