A pioneer for women's and family rights in Congress, former Colorado Rep. Pat Schroeder, has died at the age of 82.
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women's and family rights in Congress, has died. She was 82.
President Joe Biden paid tribute in a statement Tuesday, saying: "On issue after issue, Pat stood up for basic fairness, sensible policy, and women's equal humanity. The result was a legislative record that changed millions of women's lives — and men's lives — for the better." In 1987, Schroeder tested the waters for the presidency, mounting a fundraising drive after fellow Coloradan Gary Hart pulled out of the race. She announced three months later that she would not run and said her "tears signify compassion, not weakness." Her heart was not in it, she said, and she thought fundraising was demeaning.
Asked by one congressman how she could be a mother of two small children and a member of Congress at the same time, she replied, "I have a brain and a uterus, and I use both."
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