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This undated photograph, probably obtained from the governor’s office by the Vermont Historical Society, shows Governor Kunin as she appeared during her tenure as governor.

Madeleine Kunin signed many proclamations in the governor’s ceremonial office in the State House during her six years in office. Here she is shown signing the proclamation to create Women’s History Month, March 1988. Also in the photograph are, left…

Madeleine Kunin appointed Denise Johnson, the first woman to sit on the Vermont Supreme Court, in 1990. With Kunin and Johnson is outgoing justice Louis Peck, whose seat Johnson took.

Madeleine Kunin appointed a significant number of women to powerful governmental positions during her three terms as governor. On January 3, 1985, the governor-elect announced her appointment of Gretchen Morse as secretary of the Agency of Human…

Photograph of Madeleine Kunin during a press conference announcing her candidacy for a second term as Lieutenant Governor

Mary Jean Simpson was born in East Craftsbury, Vermont and attended Craftsbury Academy, Wheaton Seminary in Massachusetts, and St. Johnsbury Academy from which she graduated in 1908. She went on to the University of Vermont, but transferred to Mount…

Esther Hartigan Sorrell was a Vermont State Senator (1973-1983) who helped launch the political careers of many people, including Governors Madeleine Kunin and Howard Dean.

Esther Hartigan was born on April 24, 1920 in Burlington, Vermont and…

Bernie Sanders, mayor of Burlington, announced his candidacy for Vermont governor in May 1986, challenging Kunin after her first year in office and creating a three-way race with Republican Peter P. Smith. Kunin narrowly won the popular vote with…

Madeleine Kunin and Richard Snelling chat prior to their first head to head debate in their race for the governor. Snelling won the race with 55% of the vote.

Madeleine Kunin takes the oath as Vermont's first female governor from Vermont Chief Justice Frederic W. Allen. Holding the Bibles is Kunin's husband, Arthur Kunin

Pamphlet for Madeleine Kunin's first run for lieutenant governor in 1978. In this campaign she introduced her distinctive type face and exclamation point.

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…