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Mary Rose Oakar, 85, First Arab American Woman in Congress, Dies
16 septembre 2025 à 13:18
In her 16 years on Capitol Hill, she emerged as a champion of women’s rights, especially equal pay for comparable work.
Representative Mary Rose Oakar, an eight-term Ohio Democrat, in 1981. She helped found what is now the Bipartisan Women’s Caucus.
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