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  • Collection: Governor Madeleine Kunin

Governor Kunin as James Marsh Professor-At-Large at UVM

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Governor Madeleine Kunin returned to Vermont in 1999 and began a series of academic appointments at colleges and universities, including as Marsh Professor-At-Large at the University of Vermont. The Marsh program brings scholars of international…

Governor Kunin with 2020 Emerge VT Training Graduates

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Governor Kunin poses for a photograph with a graduating class of EmergeVT trainees in the fall of 2019. EmergeVT recruits and trains women to run for office for the Democratic Party. It is a national organization, and Governor Kunin founded the…

Ambassador Madeleine Kunin visits CERN

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Madeleine Kunin, in her capacity as Ambassador to Switzerland and Lichtenstein, visits the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva. Kunin was appointed Ambassador by President Bill Clinton and served from 1996 to 1999.

Governor Kunin Campaigning, 1992

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Governor Madeleine Kunin campaigning for Democratic candidates in Vermont at the end of her last term as governor.

Lieutenant Governor Consuelo Northrop Bailey

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Consuelo Northrop Bailey was born on the Northrop family farm in Fairfield in 1899. She attended high school in St. Albans and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1921. Bailey later entered Boston University Law School, graduating in…

Beard & Bailey State House Desk

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Desk #145 from the Vermont State House, now part of the collections of the Vermont Historical Society, was used by both Edna Beard and Consuelo Northrop Bailey.

Beard chose the desk at random, at the beginning of her first term as the first woman…

Representative Edna Beard

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Edna Louise Beard was the first Vermont woman to be elected to the Vermont House of Representatives and to the Vermont Senate. Three months after the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920 giving women suffrage, Beard took office as Representative from…

Kunin campaign pamphlet (Lieutenant Governor, 1980)

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Eight-page pamphlet on newsprint promoting Madeleine Kunin's record as lieutenant governor for one term.

Kunin campaign poster (Governor 1982)

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A campaign poster for Madeleine Kunin's first (unsuccessful) campaign for governor.

"Kunin for VT '84" sticker

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Bumper sticker created by a private enterprise for Madeleine Kunin's 1984 gubernatorial campaign. Although the sticker uses her trademark exclamation point, the "for VT" message and two lines were non-standard.

"Send Madeleine a paddlin' in '88" sticker

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By the time that Madeleine Kunin ran for her third term as governor, opposition to her progressive policies were growing. This bumper sticker reflected the dissatisfaction of some voters, although she won handily with 55% of the vote, the largest…

Kunin sticker, Governor, 1982

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This small-format bumper sticker was typical of Madeleine Kunin's bumper stickers over the years. The distinctive font, exclamation point, and line under it all were part of her "brand." Kunin lost this race but won two years later against a…