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May 2005

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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Sue Gillis

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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Ann Richards sitting on a motorcycle

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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Trapeze Artists

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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Laura Flanders

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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Dr. Trixie - Motherhood in Paradise

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