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...There was no more trouble. Lily is as devoted to the feminist cause as any performer in the country. She has appeared at benefits in support of the Equal Rights Amendment in St. Louis, Cleveland and Denver, and she has campaigned for Bella Abzug and Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso. A few years ago, she was appearing on the Dick Cavett Show when Actor Chad Everett referred to his wife as his property-along with his horse and dog. She stunned even herself by walking off the show...
...very least, the Reilly case raised suggestions of official misconduct, and Connecticut Governor Ella Grasso ordered two investigations-one into the original prosecution, another into who really killed Barbara Gibbons. Says Miller: "We just happened to [free Reilly] by dint of much work and labor. This pretty well calls justice into question...
Dixy Lee Ray, 62, who was the first woman to head the Atomic Energy Commission, became the second woman in U.S. political history to win a Statehouse without having a husband who preceded her (the other is Connecticut's Ella Grasso).* Democrat Ray edged out her Republican opponent, County Executive John Spellman, 49, by about 125,000 votes...
...votes his conscience despite party labels has enhanced his chances for re-election over a formidable Democratic opponent, Gloria Schaffer. Schaffer, Connecticut's secretary of state, is considered handicapped in her bid for the Senate by the presence of one woman already holding statewide office, Democratic Governor Ella Grasso. Weicker's acceptability to liberals should undercut Schaffer's base of support, and his unique appeal to both the right and the left should insure his return to the Senate...
Anthony T. Grasso Jericho...