Political Quotes

“many years ago when my husband George and I were making decisions about our future careers, I decided that I wanted to be a tax attorney and had thought seriously of attending law school. George, on the other hand, decided that he wanted to become an elected official in the city of Chicago politics. Well, as our lives unfolded, he became the committeeman of the 24th Ward regular Democratic organization in Chicago's west side and in 1973 its alderman in the Chicago city council. Following that he was elected to become a member of this illustrious body in the 91st Congress and served here until his ill-fated airplane crash that claimed his life on December 8, 1972. I, of course, was suddenly a widow with an awesome responsibility of rearing our 13-year-old son alone. But apparently I was not destined to become a lawyer but instead to become a maker of laws. On June 7, 1973, I was elected to fill his unexpired term and represent the people of Chicago, IL's Seventh Congressional District in the 93d Congress. When I arrived here, it was during one of the most exciting and challenging periods of my life and in our Nation's history. Liberalism was not the dirty word that it appears to be today. The feminist movement was in high gear. And the Vietnam War was raging. Watergate was just about to unfold. Yes, those were heady times. The Equal Rights Amendment had just passed the House of Representatives the year before.…”