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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsClassmate of Ford's on "All In" just now
absolutely fantastic! Her last words "we (women) will be taken seriously".
Taraman
(373 posts)If her friend Chrissy Blasey is as well spoken and present, the old white men of Judiciary will be humiliated.
elleng
(131,138 posts)and by referring to her/their classmates @ Holton Arms, everyone should take note; it's an outstanding school, with many outstanding graduates.
Brooke Astor, philanthropist
Christine Blasey Ford, American psychologist and professor
Katharine Byron, first woman elected to Congress from Maryland
Shelley Moore Capito, Senator from West Virginia
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress, played Elaine on Seinfeld; daughter of billionaire Gérard Louis-Dreyfus
Susan Ford, daughter of former U.S. President Gerald Ford
Michelle Gielan, anchor of CBS Morning News and the overnight Up To The Minute
Nancy LaFon Gore, daughter of Albert Gore, Sr. and sister of Al Gore
Princess Aisha bint Hussein, Princess of Jordan
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former first lady (attended the middle school)
Anne Kornblut, White House correspondent for The Washington Post
Christine Lagarde, Minister of Finance of France, head of the International Monetary Fund (attended 1 year)
Patricia Richardson, actress, played Jill on Home Improvement
Ann Schein, pianist
Reagan Thompson, Director of policy for first lady Melania Trump
Margaret Warner, award-winning senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer
Elinor Wylie, poet
Rachael Yamagata, singer-songwriter
Azita Youssefi, musician/artist
malaise
(269,186 posts)Institution - trust me on that.
(but don't have any 'inside information; one of my daughters' primary school classmates attended Holton, but I don't even recall WHO!)
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)The exception is among the males leading the GOP, and on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)I wonder how many Dems are talking to her about the G'town Prep boys? No one has ever pegged her as a swing vote, but maybe with the charge coming from an HA alumnae, maybe she's not a given aye vote.
elleng
(131,138 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)Despite the partisanship divide, I'm sure senators still do talk to each other. Maybe there's at least some context of what life was like at those two schools being shared.