THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Hon. Patricia Schroeder
July 30, 1930 – March 13, 2023
“I have a brain, I have a uterus, and they both work.”
Attorney, Author. First female U.S. Representative elected from Colorado. U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado’s 1stdistrict, 1973–1997. Known for outspoken liberal positions on social welfare, women’s rights and military spending. First woman to serve on House Armed Services Committee. Advocate on work-family issues, Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978. Member of original Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, 1983. Military Family Act of 1985. Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. National Labor Relations Board; Professor of law and legal counsel; Planned Parenthood. President and CEO, Association of American Publishers, 1997–2008. BA, University of Minnesota, 1961. JD, Harvard Law School, 1964.
Photo 1. Gloria Steinem and Pat Schroeder, 1974. Photo 2. Gloria Steinem and Pat Schroeder, 2011.
More About Pat:
- “Patricia Schroeder, Feminist Force in Congress, Dies at 82,” New York Times
- Patricia Scott Schroeder, US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
- Select Interviews, Videos:
- Archives
- Collection: Patricia Schroeder papers, Rare and Distinctive Collections, University of Colorado Boulder
- Schroeder, Steinem, et al, Rollins Feminist Forum: Still Moving That Mountain, 1-2, October 29, 2011, Veteran Feminists of America, Rollins College Archives & Special Collections
- Patricia Scott Schroeder, US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives
- Pat Schroeder – Wikipedia
- Cited in Barbara Love’s book, Feminists Who Changed America, 1963 – 1975, page 411