Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, A Pioneer For Women's And Family Rights, Has Died

Pat Schroeder, a pioneer of the ladies's motion, has died at 82.

Nick Ut through Related Press

Former U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for girls’s and household rights in Congress, died Monday night time. She was 82.

Schroeder’s former press secretary, Andrea Camp, mentioned Schroeder suffered a stroke lately and died at a hospital in Florida, the state the place she had been residing.

The primary lady elected to Congress from Colorado, Schroeder went on to serve 12 phrases. She turned one of the crucial influential Democrats for 20 years however by no means chaired a significant committee.

Schroeder was finest identified for getting a household go away invoice handed, offering job safety for care of a new child, sick little one or father or mother.

In 1987, she examined the waters for the presidency, mounting a fundraising drive after fellow Coloradan Gary Hart pulled out of the race. She backed out as a result of her coronary heart wasn’t in it and he or she hated fundraising.