In the 60s , Wexler began her political career by serving on the Westport Zoning Board of Appeals and by helping John Fitzgerald organize a Congressional campaign against the pro-Vietnam war Democrat incumbent Donald J. Irwin . She organized the Connecticut effort for Eugene McCarthy 's 1968 presidential campaign , and served on the rules committee at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago , where she was the primary author of the committee 's minority report , whose recommendations on reforms in choosing delegates were later accepted
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Anne Wexler