Dorothy Louise Vennard Lamm was born on May 23,1937 and is an American feminist, women's rights activist, educator, author, and speaker.
24 Facts About Dottie Lamm
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Dottie Lamm was First Lady of Colorado during her husband Richard Lamm's three terms as Governor of Colorado, and unsuccessfully ran for the United States Senate as the Colorado Democratic candidate in 1998.
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Dottie Lamm wrote a weekly column for The Denver Post from 1979 to 1996 and later published three books.
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Dottie Lamm was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1985.
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Dottie Lamm grew up in Palo Alto, California, where her father worked as a civil engineer.
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Dottie Lamm earned a BA at Occidental College in Los Angeles.
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Dottie Lamm met Richard Lamm at a party in 1959; they married in 1963.
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Dottie Lamm then began working as a psychiatric social worker.
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In 1967 Dottie Lamm earned her Master of Social Work at the University of Denver.
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Dottie Lamm was the First Lady of Colorado during her husband's three terms as governor from 1975 to 1987.
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Dottie Lamm used her position as a platform to advance issues such as reproductive rights, equal pay for equal work, and child care.
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In 1997 Dottie Lamm declared her intention to run for United States Senator from Colorado on the Democratic ticket.
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Dottie Lamm's campaign called for improvements in the state's fiscal, educational, and environmental policies in order to benefit children.
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Dottie Lamm held up a thick stack of papers at debates, calling it Campbell's book of missed votes.
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Dottie Lamm raised $1.64 million for her campaign, which included revenue from fundraisers that she held with Vice President Al Gore and First Lady Hillary Clinton.
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Dottie Lamm then became an adjunct professor in the Community Track at the university's graduate school of social work, giving courses on community organization and political advocacy.
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In recent years, Dottie Lamm has volunteered in a program for Somali immigrant children, and mentors young women considering careers in politics.
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Dottie Lamm is a founder of the Women's Foundation of Colorado, and was the group's first board president.
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Dottie Lamm is a founder of the Democratic Women's Caucus of Colorado.
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Dottie Lamm was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1985.
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Dottie Lamm was the recipient of the 2014 Empathy Award from Volunteers of America.
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Dottie Lamm married Richard Lamm, then a lawyer and accountant, in Denver in 1963.
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Dottie Lamm has climbed 35 of the fourteeners in Colorado.
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Dottie Lamm wrote about her surgery and chemotherapy treatment at length in her newspaper column, encouraging women to go for mammogram screening, and received many letters of support.