2004: "Our Lifetime Commitment: Every Woman Counts 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates Forum"
Dartmouth Government Professor Linda Fowler introduces the participants in the "Every Woman Counts 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates Forum" held at Moore Theater at Dartmouth on January 25, 2004. From left: Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean; Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.; and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich from Ohio. (photo by Joseph Mehling '69)
Date: January 25, 2004
Candidates: Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean; Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.; and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich from Ohio (Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., declined to attend)
Moderator: Claire Shipman of ABC's Good Morning America
Broadcast Outlets: Lifetime Television and ABC News
Location: Moore Theater in Dartmouth's Hopkins Center for the Arts
Two days before the nation's first presidential primary in New Hampshire, a non-partisan forum co-sponsored by Lifetime Television and ABC News/Good Morning America, was held at Dartmouth. Titled "Every Woman Counts 2004 Democratic Presidential Candidates Forum," this was the first forum of the election year to focus exclusively on women's issues.
- This event marked the first time candidates met to address a predetermined theme. Among the issues discussed were childcare, educational opportunity, women in the workforce, and women's health.
- 52 percent of voters in the 2000 election were women.
- At the time of the forum, 40 percent of New Hampshire women said they were still trying to decide on a candidate.
- The three candidates all agreed that the Bush administration had kept women from reaching equality on an array of levels.
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