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Lieutenant Governor Mary Anne Krupsak stands behind Gov. Hugh Carey as he gives the State of the State Address in the Capitol's Assembly chamber on Jan. 4, 1978. In memory of Mary Anne Krupsak ...

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Mary Anne Krupsak, a trailblazer in New York politics who was the first woman elected lieutenant governor, has died. She was 92. According to Krupsak's obituary, she died Dec. 28 at her home in ...

Mary Ann (Chester) Atwood, affectionally known as Ma, of Deep River and, most recently, Old Saybrook, aged 77, died peacefully at home holding the hand of her daughter after a courageous battle ...

Mary Anne Krupsak, a pioneering leader in New York politics and a champion for women’s rights, passed away peacefully on December 28 at her home on Seneca Lake. She was 92. Krupsak, a lifelong ...

Geneva, N.Y. (AP) — Mary Anne Krupsak, who became the first woman elected to statewide office in New York when she was voted in as lieutenant governor in 1974, has died. She was 92. Krupsak died ...

Mary Anne Krupsak, a Democrat who defied her party’s leadership in becoming the first woman to be elected lieutenant governor of New York State, and who then became so disenchanted with her boss, Hugh ...

Mary Ann Krupsak Mary Anne Krupsak, a trailblazing figure in the fight for women's rights, and the first woman ever elected Lieutenant Governor of New York State, passed away peacefully on ...