Edith Green | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 3rd district | |
| In office January 3, 1955 – December 31, 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Homer D. Angell |
| Succeeded by | Robert B. Duncan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edith Louise Starrett January 17, 1910 Trent, South Dakota, U.S. |
| Died | April 21, 1987 (aged 77) Tualatin, Oregon, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Arthur Green (1933–1963) |
| Education | Willamette University University of Oregon (BA) Stanford University |
Edith Louise Starrett Green (January 17, 1910 – April 21, 1987) was an American politician and educator from Oregon. She was the second Oregonian woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and served a total of ten terms, from 1955 to 1974, as a Democrat.
Green advanced women's issues, education, library support and social reform; she played an instrumental role in passing the 1972 Equal Opportunity in Education Act, better known as Title IX.[1]
- ^ Suk, Julie Chi-hye (2020). We the women : the unstoppable mothers of the Equal Rights Amendment. New York, NY. ISBN 978-1-5107-5591-8. OCLC 1126670619.
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