Ridder supported the Republican Party , embraced civil and political rights , was opposed to United States involvement in the Vietnam War , supported legalized abortion in the United States , LGBT rights in the United States , and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment at the 1980 Republican National Convention . Ridder befriended Rosalie E. Wahl as the first female on the Minnesota Supreme Court , funded a book about Wahl and a Twin Cities Public Television documentary about Wahl . Ridder collaborated with Marlene Johnson in 1982 to set up the Minnesota Women 's Campaign Fund , in an effort to encourage more women in political office
1980 Republican National Convention
1980 Republican National Convention
Kathleen Ridder