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Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia Ann McKinney 1955— Congresswoman At a Glance Read more |
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Nancy Patricia Pelosi
Nancy Patricia Pelosi , 1940-, U.S. congresswoman, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (2007-), b. Baltimore as Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro. The daughter of Thomas J. D'Alesandro, Jr., who served as Baltimore's mayor and a congressman, she moved to California, where she became active in the... Read more |
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Juanita Millender-McDonald
Millender-McDonald, Juanita1938-2007 Congresswoman Even from her beginnings as a teacher, Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald fought for others. She wrote a textbook that exposed female students to non-traditional careers. She was an advocate for educational and women's issues.... Read more |
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Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm 1924-2005 Politician, writer, educator In becoming the first black, as well as the first woman, to ever seek a major political party's nomination for the U.S. presidency, former New York congresswoman Shirley Chisholm demonstrated that aspirations for the nation's executive office... Read more |
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Margaret Chase Smith
Margaret Chase Smith 1897-1995, U.S. senator from Maine (1949-73), b. Skowhegan, Maine. She taught school briefly and then worked (1919-28) on the Skowhegan weekly newspaper. In 1930 she married Clyde Smith, the publisher of the paper, and upon his election as a U.S. representative served in... Read more |
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Bella Savitsky Abzug
ABZUG, BELLA SAVITSKY Bella Savitsky Abzug served as a Democratic congresswoman in the 1970s and became one of the most outspoken advocates for women's rights in the United States. After she left Congress in 1976, she remained involved in political and social issues both nationally and... Read more |
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Carrie Meek
Carrie Meek 1926– Congresswoman A Tomboy in a Loving Family A Teacher, a Mother, a Politician Grandmother Freshman in Congress Sources On January 5, 1993, Carrie Meek became the U.S. congressional representative for Florida’s 17th District. A former teacher and college administrator... Read more |
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Trent Lott
Trent Lott (Chester Trent Lott), 1941-, American politician, b. Grenada, Miss. Lott attended college and law school at the Univ. of Mississippi, then briefly (1967) worked with a private law firm. He entered politics as an assistant to a Democratic Mississippi congressman (1968-72). Already a... Read more |
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