One of the most influential non-politicians in Massachusetts political life passed away yesterday. I can’t say that I agreed with her often. But nobody can doubt her commitment to her cause, or her effectiveness. Condolences to her colleagues, friends, and family.
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…that I could feel in my online interactions with her. She made her mark, RIP.
I never knew her, but I always heard she was a class act.
“Being powerful is like being a lady, if you have to tell people you are, then you aren’t.” Margaret Thatcher. This quote from Barbara when we were sitting, arms crossed in the back row of the House Chamber bantering about power and women in the State House and I told her she was a the most powerful lady I knew.
We chatted on phone a couple of times a year . I did not know she was so ill. I treasured her friendship ; she did not tolerate fools gladly.