Dorothy Louise Vennard Lamm (born May 23, 1937) is an American feminist, women's rights activist, educator, author, and speaker.
[6] After a women's magazine published excerpts from the journal she had kept during her husband's gubernatorial campaign, she proposed a weekly column for The Denver Post.
[9] The Washington Post wrote: Lamm held up a thick stack of papers at debates, calling it Campbell's book of missed votes.
[Richard] Lamm, who lost the 1992 Democratic primary to Campbell, hired a gymnast named "Flip-horse" in September to perform back hand springs at campaign stops.
[10]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.
https://www.chieftain.com/story/special/1998/08/17/not-everyone-is-hooked-on/8483999007/ In 1999 Lamm began teaching at the University of Denver as the 1999/2000 Leo Block Fellow, giving courses on population, leadership, and risk-taking.
[5] In recent years, Lamm has volunteered in a program for Somali immigrant children, and mentors young women considering careers in politics.
[12] The Women's Foundation of Colorado named its annual Dottie Lamm Leadership Award for high school students in her honor.
[6] She wrote about her surgery and chemotherapy treatment at length in her newspaper column, encouraging women to go for mammogram screening,[5] and received many letters of support.