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Women Playing an Active Role in Election Year Politics
The piece notes a surge of women in campaigns with 59.2 million eligible female voters against 54.6 million men. It highlights Lady Bird Johnson and Peggy Goldwater among active campaigners, plus Muriel Humphrey and Luci Johnson, and cites female lawmakers in the House and Senate as they seek or hold seats. It also details several races involving women in Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Lady Bird
Texas
Census Bureau
Peggy Goldwater
Capitol Hill
House
Elizabeth Kee
D-W.v
James
Irene Baker
Tennessee
Senate
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Maurine Neuberger
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Genevieve Blatt
Hugh Scott
Michigan
Elly Peterson
GOP
Philip A. Hart
Frances McGovern
Ohio
Eleanor Clark French
New York
Frances J. Mills
Kentucky
Illinois
Stillman J. Standard
Makanda
Kenneth Gray