Kitty Dukakis, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, died of complications of dementia at the age of 88.
Kitty died on Friday in her house in Brookline, Massachusetts, her son told the Washington Post.
The politician's wife had previously fought against depression and addiction – a fight she had admitted in a memoir.
She suffered from alcoholism after her husband lost his presidential bid in 1988.
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She earned as the First Lady of Massachusetts, while her husband was governor from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991.
She worked as a modern-dance instructor, a social worker, an art patron, as well as an activist. She argued for the homeless and many other vulnerable groups, De Post reported.
Kitty also helped the resettlement of refugees from Vietnam, Laos and Afghanistan in the seventies and eighties.
Kitty Dukakis, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, died of complications of dementia at the age of 88
Kitty died on Friday in her house in Brookline, Massachusetts
The activist also participated in a humanitarian trip to the Thai-Cambodian border in 1985, where she begged the Thai Colonel to leave her outside in a refugee camp.
“I knew I wouldn't get my knees until he said:” Yes. “She told the Boston Globe.
After she had access, she took an orphan back to the United States to be reunited with a family member near Boston.
She devoted her time as first Lady from Massachusetts to humanitarian concerns and helped create the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. Kitty was Jewish.
Apart from her activism, she was known for her chain smoke, fashion feeling and love for first-class treats, such as designer clothing and first-class travel.
This contrasted her husband, who mowed his own lawn as governor and who would rather fly the coach.
“Michael can get a peanut from the can. I eat the whole can, “she once said.
She described herself as a 'strong' and 'assertive' woman who often pushed back against people she didn't think they took the causes of her or her husband seriously.
She described herself as a 'strong' and 'assertive' woman who often pushed back against people she didn't think they took the causes of her or her husband seriously
The politician's wife had previously fought against depression and addiction – a fight she had admitted in a memoir. She also suffered from alcoholism after her husband lost his presidential bid in 1988
“Have you ever heard the words assertive or aggressive to describe the male husband of a candidate?” She asked the Los Angeles Times.
She also held a fierce campaign for her husband in his fight for the presidency against the then vice-president George HW Bush.
She also openly spoke about her addiction problems, which resulted from her abusing diet pills at the age of 19, which led to 26 years of abuse of amphetamine, according to the post.
She felt the need to help other addicts and took her struggles public during his campaign.
'One of the principles of recovery is helping others. I knew that I would have an even greater chance of helping others in a national campaign, “she said at the time.
But as her husband's campaign continued, she would notice that she became dependent on alcohol to deal with the stress.
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