Statement from Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis as former Secretary of State Barbara Leonard is laid to rest today.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with her family."
"As a businesswoman and one of the first women elected to statewide office, former Secretary of State Leonard was a trailblazer. You do not have to look any further than the boardrooms of Rhode Island's corporations and the halls of the State House to see the impact of her lasting legacy."
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