Evelyn Murphy
| Evelyn Murphy | |
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| 67th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts | |
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In office 1987–1991 |
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| Governor | Michael Dukakis |
| Preceded by | John Kerry (1985) |
| Succeeded by | Paul Cellucci |
| Massachusetts Secretary of Economic Affairs | |
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In office 1983–1986 |
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| Governor | Michael Dukakis |
| Preceded by | George Kariotis |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Alviani |
| Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs | |
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In office 1975–1979 |
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| Governor | Michael Dukakis |
| Preceded by | Hank Foster |
| Succeeded by | John A. Bewick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 14, 1940 |
| Political party | Democratic |
Evelyn Murphy (born May 14, 1940) was the 67th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts from 1987 to 1991, being the first woman in the history of the state to hold a constitutional office. She is now the president of The WAGE Project, a United States nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating wage discrimination against women; a resident scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, and a corporate director.
Murphy was born in 1940 in Ancón, Panama to American citizens. Her father was stationed with the army in the Panama Canal Zone, where her mother joined him in 1939. At the age of six weeks, Murphy was brought to her grandmother's home in Massachusetts. She continued to hold dual U.S.-Panamanian citizenship until the age of 19, when she took the oath of U.S. citizenship in Washington, D.C.
Murphy earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Duke University, a master's degree in economics from Columbia University, and a doctorate in economics from Duke University. She was a fellow at the Institute of Politics of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Murphy served as Massachusetts Secretary of Environmental Affairs from 1974 to 1978. In September 1979 President Jimmy Carter named her to the chairmanship of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere. In 1982 Murphy sought the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor, losing to John Kerry. In 1983 she was appointed Secretary of Economic Affairs, a position she held until 1985.
In 1986 Murphy ran for Lieutenant Governor against State Senator Gerald D'Amico in the Democratic primary, winning by 374,714 votes (60.10%) to 248,671 votes (39.89%) for D'Amico. In the general election, the Dukakis-Murphy team garnered 1,157,786 votes (65.15%) versus 525,364 votes (19.56%) for George Kariotis and Nicholas Nikitas.
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