The McAfee Family
She's no longer with us, but her spirit is alive and chanting at every protest rally for women's reproductive rights and every pep rally to turn Texas blue. The 82-year-old activist suffered a stroke at the Capitol June 25 during Sen. Wendy Davis' historic filibuster, and one of her favorite get well cards sent during her hospital stay read simply, "You are a badass." Austin mourned the day she passed, July 13, but there was much to celebrate when friends, family, and just about every elected official and candidate in town gathered at her legendary childhood home of Green Pastures to honor this one-of-a-kind woman.
