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Where
are the Women Candidates?
For years Vermont’s Congressional delegation has been a
Dream Team. Not to all, but clearly to most, as they have been
re-elected by Vermonters time and again.
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The
Honorable – and Irrepressible – Ann Richards
When Ann Richards was voted in as Texas
State Treasurer, she was the first woman in fifty years to be
elected to state office in the Lone Star State. She served as
Governor from 1990-1994. Born in Waco, she graduated from Baylor
University and the University of Texas. Though she started out
as a junior high school teacher, she has been immersed in politics
for most of her life, even as a mother of four and grandmother
of six. Richards served four years as Chair of the Democratic
National Committee.
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They
Float Through the Air
With the Greatest of Ease . . .
Once upon a time there were twin sisters
from a small New England town who flew on the flying trapeze.
They were not the children of lion-tamers and didn’t run
away to the circus. Their introduction to trapeze was as remarkable
as their subsequent career in the aerial arts.
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A
Discussion with Laura Flanders
Laura Flanders is the host of “The
Laura Flanders Show,” heard weekends, 7-9 p.m. on Air America.
She is the author of Bushwomen: How They Won the White House
for Their Man, an investigation into the women in George W. Bush’s
Cabinet. She was the founding director of the Women’s Desk
at the media watch group, FAIR, and writes regularly for Tompaine.com,
The Nation, Ms. Magazine, and Znet. She sat down with Vermont
Woman before speaking at UVM last month to discuss political
history, trends and her most recent book:
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Motherhood
In Paradise
Every day, she walked the mile-long beach.
Not like the visitors wandering barefoot in and out of the water
before going back to lounge around the pool in our swimwear.
She wore sturdy white shoes, a white cap with a brim over a white
headscarf, dark shades against the dazzling Caribbean sun, and
a fresh white shirt. Work clothes.
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Vermont Woman is a forum for news, issues, features, arts and entertainment from the perspective, experience, and voices of Vermont women. Vermont Woman is a monthly newspaper published in South Burlington, Vermont and is excerpted here on this site. All content ©Copyright 2006, Vermont Woman Publishing
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