Former congresswoman Patricia Schroeder, a megaphone for the women’s movement, the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee and a liberal Democrat known for her barbed wit, has died at 82.
, a newly elected African American congressman from California. She recalled Hébert saying, “The two of you are only worth half the normal member.”Mrs. Schroeder said she and Dellums “sat cheek to cheek on one chair, trying to retain some dignity.”
While often on the losing end of defense debates, Mrs. Schroeder believed that her fight against the Pentagon’s “outrageous” requests helped to create “a political climate conducive to meaningful reform.” A strong proponent of arms control, she derided the Armed Services Committee as a Pentagon “lap dog” and rankled the military brass by constantly questioning their spending habits.
She spent nine years championing the Family and Medical Leave Act, which was approved by Congress in 1993 and provides job protection for up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for the care of a newborn, sick child or parent. And as chairwoman of a Post Office and Civil Service subcommittee, she was a leading advocate for federal employees in such areas as whistleblower legislation.
In 1962, she married James Schroeder, also a Harvard Law student. In addition to her husband, of Celebration, survivors include two children, Scott Schroeder of Providence and Jamie Cornish of Bozeman, Mont.; a brother; and four grandchildren. When Mrs. Schroeder declined to seek reelection in 1996, she acknowledged that she had become frustrated by the loss of power after Republicans won the House majority in 1994 as well as by growing partisanship in Congress.
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