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Ruth Freeman Johnston

Ruth Freeman Johnston was born to Blanche Bishop and John Freeman of Binghamton.

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Johnston

Peg Johnston Memorial

Peg Johnston, creator of this website, passed away in May 2023. She was a tireless supporter of many community activities in and around Binghamton, and thus leaves a big hole in these organizations and our hearts.

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Bob Johnston, Organizer

Bob Johnston was many things–chemist, photographer, environmentalist, nature enthusiast, swimmer–and a political idealist.

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Peg and Carl

Carl was six years older than his cousin Peg but there was a mutual admiration and bond, complicated by the great geographical distance between them.

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Robert C Johnston, Photographer

Robert Clark Johnston (Bob) had a lifelong passion for photography, especially developing his own black and white (silver tone) images.

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John Henry Johnston

John Henry Johnston was a naturalist and built and lived most of his life in the wild.

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We Have Met the Enemy and They are Us

This is an essay by Peg Johnston analyzing abortion politics and especially emphasizing that individuals have the power to change the culture around abortion if only they would speak up.

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Opting Out of the Abortion War:

This is one of Peg Johnston’s “thought pieces” on abortion politics from the perspective of an independent provider.

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Peg Johnston: The Workbooks

My observations of real women were that some women didn’t know how to sort through the many feelings they were having, the opinions of others, and the landmines left by society’s conflict over abortion.

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An Immigrant Goes To War: The Correspondence of Herman and Adeline Weiss

An Immigrant Goes to War: The Civil War Correspondence of Herman and Adeline Weiss.