Growing Up Elizabeth May: The Making of an Activist

Growing Up Elizabeth May: The Making of an Activist — page 3
The story of Elizabeth’s childhood reads like a how-to book on becoming an activist You might think she wasn’t like regular kids But she was just like other girls She was brave and determined determined and sometimes she was afraid and uncertain Elizabeth was like you and me She was observant she noticed things and she had a keen eye for things that didn’t seem right Elizabeth believed nothing was too big or too small to be changed She didn’t have magical powers She wasn’t even a mini superhero She just wanted to make the world a better place A photo of Elizabeth in 1971 from her 12th-grade yearbook When Elizabeth was a toddler she looked up into the sky and saw the white vapor trail behind a jet plane and said I hate airplanes When her mom asked why she answered Because they scratch the sky She was worried that the sky was getting hurt She understood from a young age that human beings made an impact on the earth 2 Sylvia Olsen with Cate May Burton ZAP Bang Pow