Great Throughts Treasury
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Ella Grasso, born Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi
American Politician, First Woman Elected Governor of Connecticut
"There’s nothing so sad as a 55-year-old orphan."
"I am having trouble managing the mansion. What I need is a wife."
"I keep my campaign promises, but I never promised to wear stockings."
"I would not be President because I do not aspire to be President. But l’m sure that a woman will be President. When I don't know. It depends. I don't think the woods are full of candidates today."
"I'm opposed to abortion because I happen to believe that life deserves the protection of society."
"It is not enough to profess faith in the democratic process we must do something about it."
"One of the biggest problems is that women don't want to run for office ... Women who run for office win at the same rate as men. ... I have found that when I ask people to run I have to ask their friends first. They have to get seven or eight requests before they even consider it."