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Stephanie May, Elizabeth含羞草研究社檚 mother, was a prominent activist in New York during the 1950s and was successful in helping to getting a nuclear test ban treaty.

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McCully asked May about serving as leader of the Green Party for a second time after retiring as leader in 2019.

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In 2019, May married John Kidder, one of the founders of the B.C. Green party, and says she and her husband wrote a book together last year.

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The wide-ranging interview includes May含羞草研究社檚 take on the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Rowe vs. Wade, and the COP 15 Biodiversity talks in Montreal.

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