Bill Bennett: “I would like to comment, Mr. President, about Mary Jane Ogilvie. Many public men are described in their own right for…”

“I would like to comment, Mr. President, about Mary Jane Ogilvie. Many public men are described in their own right for their own accomplishments, and then their wives are referred to casually. Senator Alan Simpson's wife, who took my wife under her wing when we first came here, described it this way. She said: ``We are just LWOs, which means `lovely wives of.' '' Mary Jane Ogilvie was indeed the lovely wife of our Chaplain, Lloyd Ogilvie, but she was far, far more than an appendage to her husband. She had her own contribution to make to this body and to all of the Members in it. Many wives of important men do not want to have anything to do with their husbands' careers and create areas of their own. They do not have an interest in what their husband does. Mary Jane Ogilvie was an incredibly important part of Lloyd Ogilvie's entire career. The two of them were a team, inseparable. Her faith was as strong as his. Her dedication to the ministry and to the Gospel, as they understood it, was as deep as his. And her friendships forged here in the Senate were as strong as his. She was, as I say, an integral part of the ministry he performed here. When she became too ill to carry on her portion of that ministry, he was unable to carry on his, which was very appropriate, in my view, because they were a team. He had his priorities straight, and he realized that, as important as his work here was, his duty to his wife was even greater.”