Margaret 'Midge' Costanza papers
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Costanza, Margaret, 1932-2010
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Margaret "Midge" Costanza was born on November 28, 1932, in LeRoy, New York, and was raised in Rochester, New York. She began her political career as a volunteer for W. Averell Harriman’s gubernatorial campaign in 1954; she later served as executive director of Robert F. Kennedy’s 1964 Senate campaign. She served as a Democratic National Committee member from 1972 until 1977. Costanza became an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights and, in 1973, became the first woman elected to the Rochester (N.Y....