Christopher Lynn "Kit" Bakke was born on December 23,1946 and is a US activist.
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16 Facts About Kit Bakke
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In Seattle, Kit Bakke became a mother and worked as a nurse for many years.
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Kit Bakke grew up in a rural area near Seattle, Washington, with liberal parents and two younger brothers in a household that valued success in school above all else.
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Kit Bakke's father, Jack Bakke, was a physician with a passion for human biology, anatomy and the practice of medicine.
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Kit Bakke lived in a highly intellectual environment in which political awareness and activism were highly valued.
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Kit Bakke helped end the dress requirement of women being required to wear skirts in class, and helped to unionize the "live in maids".
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Kit Bakke became part of a group of people, in SDS, labeled as the "Action Faction" or the "Weatherman", that broke away from the SDS.
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Kit Bakke graduated in 1968, but after earning her undergraduate degree in political science, Kit got a job as a journalist for a Seattle suburban newspaper with the intent of better understanding by getting an inside view of the "nominating conventions".
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Kit Bakke went to Havana, Cuba, for eight days in July 1969 to meet with the members of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Provisional Revolutionary Government to discuss the opposition movements going on in the United States.
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Kit Bakke was jailed in Cook County for three days after "some particularly aggressive street fighting".
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Kit Bakke lived in political collectives in Oakland, Cleveland, New Mexico and the Westside of Chicago.
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Kit Bakke has earned two bachelor's degrees and two master's degrees: two in nursing, one in political science, and one in public health.
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For thirteen years, Kit Bakke worked as an oncology nurse at Children's Regional Hospital in Seattle.
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Today, Kit Bakke is involved with charities that tackle local issues, such as drug abuse and homelessness.
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Kit Bakke remained underground for two years, and in that time cut off all contact with her parents.
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Kit Bakke has raised two daughters and currently lives in Seattle with her husband.
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