Susan Farmer, who broke the glass ceiling in Rhode Island politics by becoming the first woman to be elected secretary of state — and the first female Rhode Islander ever to hold statewide general office — and then went on to run and manage the state’s public television station for 17 years, died Monday after a long battle with cancer. She was 71.
After one political writer wrote that she looked like she had just leapt from the pages of the Official Preppy Handbook, friends and foes alike sometimes referred to the always-upbeat secretary of state as “Muffy,” a term that she tolerated depending on who was saying it.
We invite our users to read the full article published September 16 2013
Susan Farmer, who broke the glass ceiling in Rhode Island politics by becoming the first woman to be elected secretary of state — and the first female Rhode Islander ever to hold statewide general office — and then went on to run and manage the state’s public television station for 17 years, died Monday after a long battle with cancer. She was 71.
After one political writer wrote that she looked like she had just leapt from the pages of the Official Preppy Handbook, friends and foes alike sometimes referred to the always-upbeat secretary of state as “Muffy,” a term that she tolerated depending on who was saying it.
We invite our users to read the full article published September 16 2013