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Judith Hope, First Woman Supervisor
The Independent
March 8, 2012

One look into Judith Hope's arresting teal blue eyes and you know she's anything but dainty on the inside.

Special Election Endorsements
February 15, 2012

Eleanor’s Legacy is proud to announce our endorsement of Shelley Mayer in the 93rd Assembly District and Didi Barrett in the 103rd Assembly District.

Calcaterra Appointed Deputy County Exec
Riverhead News-Review
December 6, 2011

Suffolk’s Regina Calcaterra, recently tapped by County Executive-elect Steve Ballone, Babylon’s Democratic supervisor, to be his chief deputy county executive.

54 Victories in 2011
November 10, 2011

54 Eleanor's Legacy endorsed candidates won in 2011.

106 Candidates Endorsed in 2011
November 8, 2011

Eleanor's Legacy provided $36,950 in Campaign Grants to 106 candidates running for local office in 2011.

2011 Endorsed Candidates
November 5, 2011

The complete list of 106 candidates endorsed by Eleanor's Legacy in 2011.

Statement from Harriet Cornell, Chair of Eleanor's Legacy
August 21, 2011

Though we say good-bye to Nora, we will remember her grace and passion and we will honor her legacy each day as we work to build the next generation of pro-choice Democratic women activists, voters, and leaders

Nora Bredes, Who Fought Nuclear Plant, Dies
New York Times
August 20, 2011

Nora Bredes, the primary organizer of the grass-roots campaign that kept the Shoreham nuclear power plant on the North Shore of Long Island from opening in the 1980s — a campaign that prompted the plant to become known, in the words of the local power authority, as “America’s first stillborn reactor” — died on Thursday in Rochester. She was 60 and lived in Pittsford, N.Y.

The cause was cancer, her son Nathan said.

Democrat Wins G.O.P. Seat; Rebuke Seen to Medicare Plan
The New York Times
May 24, 2011

Democrats scored an upset in one of New York’s most conservative Congressional districts on Tuesday, dealing a blow to the national Republican Party in a race that largely turned on the party’s plan to overhaul Medicare.

As Special House Race Intensifies, Washington Sends Backup
The New York Times
May 11, 2011

Depew, N.Y. - This village of strip malls, car dealerships and working-class neighborhoods is an unlikely stage for a battle between the two major parties in Washington. But the national political stakes became clear when the House speaker, John A. Boehner, arrived on Monday for a visit that drew a few hundred people, including residents, local dignitaries and television crews.

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In 2009, Eleanor's Legacy had the honor of presenting Geraldine Ferraro with our Pioneer of Politics Award. As always, she was an inspiration to the women of New York State - and everywhere.

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Upcoming Events

The 2nd Annual Bipartisan Pro Choice Legislative Caucus
Tuesday, May 22, 2012 (All day)

Save the date for this legislative conference with a focus on the Reproductive Health Act.