Mary Rose Oakar

Mary Rose Oakar
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 13th district
In office
January 3, 2001 – December 31, 2002
Preceded byBarbara Pringle
Succeeded byMike Skindell
Vice Chair of the House Democratic Caucus[a]
In office
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1989
LeaderTip O'Neill
Jim Wright
Preceded byGeraldine Ferraro (Secretary)
Succeeded bySteny Hoyer
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 20th district
In office
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993
Preceded byJames Stanton
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Mary Rose Oskar

(1940-03-05) March 5, 1940 (age 84)
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationUrsuline College (BA)
John Carroll University (MA)

Mary Rose Oakar (born March 5, 1940) is an American Democratic politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, serving from 1977 to 1993. Oakar was the first Arab American woman, first Syrian American, and first Lebanese American woman to serve in Congress. She was also the first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from that state. Oakar later served as a member of the Ohio State Board of Education.
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