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Obituaries

Mar. 25, 2010

Carter Adviser Dies

Margaret "Midge" Costanza, presidential adviser, and social and political activist, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. She was 77.

By Pat Broderick

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Margaret "Midge" Costanza, presidential adviser, and social and political activist, died Tuesday after a battle with cancer. She was 77.

Costanza was the first woman to hold the office of assistant to the president of the United States, when Jimmy Carter appointed her to the job of public liaison in 1977. After she moved to California, Costanza worked on the campaigns of such prominent figures a...

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