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Political wives face endurance test on campaign trails
The piece profiles Muriel Humphrey and other congressional spouses showing stamina, personal sacrifice, and leadership at home as husbands campaign. It notes separations and divorces among senators, Mondale and Proxmire families balancing public duties with family life and business ventures.
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Judy Harrison
N.Y
Washington
Hubert H. Humphre
Muriel Humphrey
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Paul N. McCloskey, Jr
California
John V. Tunney
Robert J. Dole
Kansas
Martha Mitchell
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Nixon
Walter F. Mondale
Minnesota
Betty Talmadge
Herman
Georgia
Eugene
Robert
Lovejoy
Atlanta
Lerner Publications
Minneapolis
Mondale
Theodore
Eleanor Jane
William