WBA

Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts
105 Chauncy Street, 8th Floor, Boston, MA 02111
Ph: 617.973.6666 Fax: 617.973.6663

wba@womensbar.org       www.womensbar.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Kristy Lavigne
President
Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts
KristyL714@outlook.com
Margaret Talmers
Executive Director
Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts
(617) 973-6666
mtalmers@womensbar.org

Women's Bar Association Celebrates the Historic Election of Maura Healey as Governor, Kim Driscoll as Lieutenant Governor, Andrea Campbell as Attorney General, Diana Dizoglio as Auditor, and Re-Election of Deb Goldberg as Treasurer

BOSTON, MA ––
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 In 242 years of Massachusetts’ history, only nine women have served in constitutional offices.  The Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts (WBA) celebrates the election of four women and one woman’s re-election to statewide office.  The WBA congratulates Attorney General Maura Healey on her historic victory as the first woman and first LGBTQ person elected Governor of Massachusetts.  The WBA also congratulates Kim Driscoll’s victory -- on the first ever all-female ticket -- as Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.   

In another historic victory, the WBA applauds and congratulates Massachusetts’ new Attorney General Andrea Campbell as the first Black woman elected to statewide office.  The WBA also congratulates Auditor Diana DiZoglio for her statewide election as only the second woman ever to hold that title.  Finally, the WBA lauds the re-election of Deb Goldberg for her third term as State Treasurer.

Having four women elected and one woman re-elected statewide to lead Massachusetts as Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Auditor, and Treasurer is barrier-breaking and historic. The WBA has long believed that representation matters and women’s equal participation in society is paramount to a just society.

Cheers to these four on their newly elected positions and Treasurer Deb Goldberg on her re-election!

 

ELECTION OF MAURA HEALEY AS GOVERNOR,

About the Women’s Bar Association of Massachusetts

Founded in 1978 by a group of activist women lawyers, the Women’s Bar Association boasts a large membership of women lawyers, judges, policy makers, and law students across Massachusetts.  The WBA is committed to the full and equal participation of women in the legal profession and in a just society. The WBA works to achieve this mission through committees and events and by developing and promoting a legislative agenda to address society’s most critical social and legal issues.  Other WBA activities include networking and professional development, drafting amicus briefs, studying employment issues affecting women, encouraging women to enter the judiciary, recognizing the achievement of women in the law, and providing pro bono services to women in need through its sister organization, the Women’s Bar Foundation.  For more information, visit www.womensbar.org