Jennie M. Forehand was a member of the Maryland Senate from 1995-2007, a Democrat representing Montgomery County's seventeenth district. Prior to that, she was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1978-1994. She is a founding member of the National State Legislative Advisory Board on Women and Bioethics. Her papers include documentation pertaining to bills that she supported in areas such as genetics and bio technology, education, health care, transportation, and women's issues.