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Sullivan was one of very few members of Congress, and the only woman member of Congress, to vote against the Equal Rights Amendment for women in the early 1970s. Sullivan opposed abortion and called for the passage of the Human Life Amendment [9] She did not seek re-election in 1976, and was succeeded by Dick Gephardt.
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Mollie Ziegler Hemingway (born August 3, 1974) is an American conservative author, columnist, and political commentator. [1] [2] She is the editor in chief of the online magazine The Federalist and a contributor for Fox News.
The book is a tour de force weaving together Irish history, a murder mystery, the anguish of children losing their mother and the painful process of making peace. It’s nonfiction at its best.
Name Image State Legislative Body Party Mandate start Mandate end Term length Minnie D. Craig North Dakota House of Representatives: Republican/NPL: January 3, 1933
Patsy Mink, who was the dean of women in the House from 1997 to 2002, was the longest-serving Asian-American woman in the House (and Congress). Carol Moseley Braun is the longest-serving (and first) African-American woman (and woman of color) in the Senate. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the longest-serving Hispanic or Latina American woman in the House.
[50] [52] In the early years of women in Congress, such a seat was usually held only until the next general election, and the women retired after that single Congress, thereby becoming a placeholders to finishing elected terms of their husbands. [52] As the years progressed, however, more and more of these widow successors sought reelection.
The HarperCollins imprint has four straight bestsellers, thanks in large part to the cable news channel's promotional pop. Shannon Bream's Bible stories are turning Fox News Books into a ...