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Article: Ambassador Pamela Harriman, 76, dies; helped integrate Dems leadership for party to win White House. (Democratic Party)(Obituary)
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- Jet
- Article date:
- February 24, 1997
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Former Ambassador to France Pamela Harriman never won an award for trying to make democracy work.
Yet the diplomat who died recently of a brain hemorrhage after taking a swim in her hotel pool in Paris can be given credit for showing the Democrats how to win national elections.
When Ron Brown was elected the first Black chairman of the party, many of the fund-raisers feared what the outcome would be. The reason: He had little appeal to the money set. However, the person who came to his rescue was Pamela Harriman.
From her Virginia home, she held meetings of the party's fundraisers and helped to launch events geared to bring in money. She ...