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For Kitty Dukakis, the fight goes on

Has learned to empower others in battling addiction, depression

Kitty Dukakis in a patient’s room in the treatment center at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. Kitty Dukakis in a patient’s room in the treatment center at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. (WENDY MAEDA/GLOBE STAFF)
By Bina Venkataraman
Globe Correspondent / August 15, 2009

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When Kitty Dukakis entered the room of homeless women being treated for drug and alcohol addiction at the Jamaica Plain center that bears her name, applause broke out and rippled down the hall. Trim, coiffed, and smiling broadly as in the framed portrait that hangs on the center’s wall, she needed no introduction. (Full article: 773 words)

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