Madeleine M. Kunin
Madeleine M. Kunin
Madeleine May Kuninis an American diplomat and politician. She was the 77th Governor of Vermont from 1985 until 1991, as a member of the Democratic Party. She also served as United States Ambassador to Switzerland from 1996 to 1999. She was Vermont's first and, to date, only female governor as well as the first Jewish governor of Vermont. She was also the first Jewish woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state. Kunin is currently a James Marsh Professor-at-Large...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth28 September 1933
CountryUnited States of America
Fair treatment in the work force is no longer exclusively a labor issue, nor is it a women's issue - it is a fundamental economic issue.
The political environment we create matters because a disturbed person cannot always tell the difference between explosive rhetoric and explosive actions.
Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
It is the future, of course, which politicians grapple with, and that is why politics is so disorderly. Only history clears away some of the debris.
The Republican agenda is, and always has been, to repeal Roe v. Wade, and at the very least, erode it to the greatest extent possible.
Statistics do not convey emotion. They shock us for a minute or two, and then we click again.
'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.
Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.
A desire to succeed in politics is propelled by these two seemingly contradictory forces, which frequently change places and sometimes coexist: to save others and to save oneself.
Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.
We assume in our daily lives that the world is both safe and sane. Otherwise, we could not carry on.
Why can't the world be like a summer day, when I thought that health care would be an ethical decision and wars existed only to be stopped?
When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power.