Kathy Hochul poised to join list of 'female firsts' in New York history
By Charity Vogel
News Staff Reporter
Updated
New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul campaigns for then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a rally in Buffalo prior to the New York primary.
With Gov. Andrew Cuomo's announcement Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Buffalo Democrat, will become the state's first female governor in 14 days. The announcement puts her in rarefied political air. Of the nation's five largest states by population, just one, Texas, has had a female chief executive – and that was 30 years ago.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., smiles while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, in St. Charles, Mo.Â
In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced his choice of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.
Judith Kaye, center, is applauded on her last day as chief judge of New York in Albany on Nov. 20, 2008. Kaye, the first woman named to New York´s highest court and the first to serve as the state´s chief judge – a job she held longer than any of her 21 male predecessors – died Jan. 7, 2016, at her home in Manhattan. She was 77.Â
This is the best of times, for women in Western New York, and it’s the worst of times. Look around and you’ll see why: stunning achievement is mixed with stagnation. Women in politics on the national and state levels — like Sarah Palin and Hillary Rodham Clinton — are blazing trails. But back home in Buffalo, no woman has
New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul campaigns for then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during a rally in Buffalo prior to the New York primary.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., smiles while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, in St. Charles, Mo.Â
In 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced his choice of U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.
Judith Kaye, center, is applauded on her last day as chief judge of New York in Albany on Nov. 20, 2008. Kaye, the first woman named to New York´s highest court and the first to serve as the state´s chief judge – a job she held longer than any of her 21 male predecessors – died Jan. 7, 2016, at her home in Manhattan. She was 77.Â
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