RIP Pat Schroeder, who wielded barbed wit. “I have a brain & a uterus, & I use them both,” she quipped when asked how she's wife, mom & congresswoman

[basquebromance]

To paraphrase former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder: "The GOP wants to return us to a time when men were men, women were children, and children were 14-hour-a-day factory workers."

RIP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/13/patricia-schroeder-colorado-congresswoman-dead/

 

[whitehall]

In your face vulgarity was the voice of feminism back then.

 

[basquebromance]

“Pat Schroeder was not the first potential candidate to forgo a presidential bid out of frustration with the fundraising demands, dumbed-down media, and arcane rules… But she was surely one of the finest…”

 

[Anathema]

Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish. I hope they pack her coffin full of the highest SPF sunscreen they can find. She’s gonna need it.

 

[basquebromance]

Pat Schroeder Mastered Using Humor in Politics, Long Before Social Media

Her sharp wit helped her pass groundbreaking pro-family laws and paved the way for more young women in Congress.

www.politico.com