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December 18, 2007 Contact: Lilly Talbert, VCW Communications Coordinator
For Immediate Release Phone: 802-828-2841


CONSUELO NORTHRUP BAILEY: VERMONT PATHFINDER

Montpelier, VT (12/18/07) -- Consuelo Northrup Bailey: Vermont 
Pathfinder, a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by the Fletcher 
Free Library and co-sponsored by the Vermont Women's History Project, 
takes place Friday, January 18, 2008 at 12:00 p.m. in the Fletcher Free 
Library’s Pickering Room. The program will be presented by J. Kevin 
Graffagnino, Executive Director of the Vermont Historical Society.

Consuelo Northrup Bailey (1899-1976) was a national pioneer among women 
in public service. Born and raised in Fairfield, Vermont, and a 1921 
graduate of the University of Vermont, she was the first woman in 
America to serve as a state's attorney, as Speaker of a state house of 
representatives, and as Lieutenant Governor. Vice-chair of the 
Republican National Committee from 1952 to 1956, she was also the first 
woman admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. 
Graffagnino’s presentation will detail the life and career of this 
extraordinary Vermont role model for women.

This program is the first of a series of programs around the state 
co-sponsored by the Vermont Women’s History Project (VWHP) as part of 
its “Women’s History Year ‘Round” initiative. Women have been actively 
contributing to the story of Vermont every day of the year. Rather than 
confining the celebration of women to Women’s History Month in March, 
the VWHP proposes that Vermonters celebrate women’s history all year 
long. Visit their web site www.womenshistory.vermont.gov for information 
on other programs about women’s history during 2008.

Consuelo Northrup Bailey: Vermont Pathfinder is supported in part by the 
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Vermont Humanities 
Council (VHC). Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations 
expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH 
or the VHC.

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By promoting the understanding of the diverse experiences of women in 
Vermont history, the Vermont Women's History Project (VWHP) seeks to 
create a new perspective on history and culture that will positively 
affect society’s perceptions of women. For more information, visit 
www.womenshistory.vermont.gov or contact Judith Irving, Director, 
[log in to unmask], 802-828-5940. VWHP is an initiative of the 
Vermont Commission on Women.

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