![]() His father ran a restaurant and conducted lively discussions of public affairs with his customers. Nader was born and grew up in Winsted, Connecticut, the son of Lebanese immigrants. In 1959, he began publishing his research with an article published in The Nation, “The Safe Car You Can’t Buy.” The industry, whose unsafe practices Nader identified, was quick to try to discredit him, but his austere, highly disciplined way of life did not yield the kind of compromising character flaws that his would-be detractors could use against him. Although Nader’s public prominence may have seemed like an overnight success, it was the result of years of research that started when he was a student at Harvard Law School. Ralph Nader became famous in 1965 when his indictment of the American automobile industry, Unsafe at Any Speed, appeared in print, launching a series of Congressional investigations which led, ultimately, to widely accepted regulations such as federal performance standards for motor vehicles. ![]()
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