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Dialogue with Kerry Healey
October 27, 2003
Jo Ann Gora chancellor, UMass Boston
Kerry Healey lieutenant governor, MA

Women have had limited success as political candidates in New England: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Maine have never elected a woman governor; and Vermont and New Hampshire have never sent a woman to the US Congress.

Kerry Healey, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, introduced by Jo Ann Gora, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts, Boston, discusses her personal experiences in politics.

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