Records of the Task Force on National Health Care (Clinton Administration), 1993 - 1994. Steven Edelstein's Files, 1993 - 1994
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Fields, Cleo, 1962-
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Hilliard, Earl F. (Earl Frederick), 1942-
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McKinney, Cynthia, 1955-
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Meek, Carrie P. (Carrie Pittman), 1926-2021
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Reynolds, Mel, 1952-
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Tucker, Walter R., III (Walter Rayford, III), 1957-
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Wynn, Albert R. (Albert Russell), 1951-
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes, 1937-
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Cantwell, Maria, 1958-
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Danner, Pat, 1934-
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Patsy Ann "Pat" Danner (born January 13, 1934) is a retired American politician. She formerly represented the Missouri's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. Born Patsy Ann Berrer in Louisville, Kentucky, she grew up in Bevier, Missouri and attended Hannibal-LaGrange College for one year before dropping out. She married Lavon Danner; they had four children before divorcing. Patsy Danner graduated with a BA in political science from Northeast ...
Fowler, Tillie K. (Tillie Kidd), 1942-2005
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Tillie Kidd Fowler (December 23, 1942 – March 2, 2005) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served in the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Born in Milledgeville, Georgia, she graduated from Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1960 before earning her undergraduate degree from Emory University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, in 1964. She earned a law degree from the Emory ...
Long Thompson, Jill, 1952-
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Jill Lynette Long Thompson (born July 15, 1952) is an American politician, educator, and author. A former Democratic Congresswoman from Indiana, she is the author of The Character of American Democracy, published by Indiana University Press in September 2020. Born Jill Lynette Long in Warsaw, Indiana and raised outside Larwill, Indiana, she graduated from Columbia City Joint High School in Columbia City. The first person in her family to graduate from college, she earned a B.S. in business ad...
Morella, Constance A. (Constance Albanese), 1931-
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Constance Morella (/məˈrɛlə/; née Albanese; born February 12, 1931) is an American politician and diplomat. She represented Maryland's 8th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1987 to 2003. Born Constance Albanese in Somerville, Massachusetts, she attended school there, graduating from Somerville High School in 1948, she attended Boston University, where she earned an Associate of Arts in 1950 and a Bachelor of Arts in 1954. After marrying Anthony Morella,...
Thurman, Karen L. (Karen Loveland), 1951-
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Karen L. Thurman (born January 12, 1951) is an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 5th Congressional district from 1993 to 2003. Born Karen Loveland in Rapid City, South Dakota, she grew up in Florida, receiving her associate’s degree from Santa Fe Community College in Stark, Florida and BA from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. After graduation, she worked as a middle sch...
Woolsey, Lynn, 1937-
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Lynn C. Woolsey (born November 3, 1937) is an American businesswoman, educator, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the U.S. Representative for California's 6th congressional district from 1993 to 2013. Born Lynn Carol Robinson in Seattle, Washington, she graduated from Lincoln High School there in 1955 before attending the University of Washington from 1955 to 1957. Robinson left school to marry Terry Critchett in 1958; the two divorced in 1968. Following her divo...
Akaka, Daniel K. (Daniel Kahikina), 1924-2018
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Daniel Kahikina Akaka (September 11, 1924 – April 6, 2018) was an American educator and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. Representative from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district from 1977 to 1990 and U.S. Senator from Hawaii from 1990 to 2013. Akaka was the first U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator of Native Hawaiian ancestry. Born in Honolulu, he served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during World War II. He attended the University of Hawaii, where he receive...
