27 Facts About Lynn Woolsey

Lynn Carol Woolsey is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from California from 1993 to 2013.

Lynn Woolsey was a member of the Democratic Party and represented California's 6th congressional district.

Lynn Woolsey worked to promote universal healthcare, improve access to education, and expand workers' rights.

Lynn Woolsey authored and co-sponsored several pieces of legislation, including the Family and Medical Leave Act, which provides job protection for workers who need time off to care for themselves or their families.

Lynn Woolsey was a strong advocate for environmental protection and played a key role in efforts to protect the Northern California coastline.

Lynn Woolsey was a co-founder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and served as its co-chair for several years.

Lynn Woolsey worked as a high school teacher and was involved in various community organizations.

Lynn Woolsey was educated at the University of Washington, where she became a member of Alpha Phi sorority, but left school early to marry Terry J Critchett in 1958.

Lynn Woolsey moved to Marin County in Northern California and enrolled at the University of San Francisco.

Lynn Woolsey's husband left the family, leaving Woolsey to raise her three children alone, and they divorced in 1968.

Lynn Woolsey received public assistance to make ends meet while working and finishing her education.

Lynn Woolsey married David C Woolsey in 1971, and raised another child, but that marriage ended in divorce.

Lynn Woolsey later became a human resources manager and business owner, a teacher at the College of Marin and the Dominican University of California, and a member of the Petaluma, California, City Council before running for Congress.

Lynn Woolsey was ranked as the most liberal member of Congress in 2012 by That's My Congress.

Lynn Woolsey quickly made her presence known, drawing upon her experience in vocal opposition to the major welfare reform initiative negotiated by House Speaker Newt Gingrich and President Bill Clinton in the mid-1990s.

Lynn Woolsey later led efforts to restore programmatic funding for services such as child care, nutrition, and paid parental leave.

Lynn Woolsey passed legislation increasing the power of the IRS to enforce payment of delinquent child support.

Lynn Woolsey was an outspoken opponent of the War in Iraq.

Lynn Woolsey took an active role in opposing continued US presence, leading 15 members of Congress in writing a letter to President George W Bush dated January 12,2005, calling for the withdrawal of US from Iraq.

Lynn Woolsey gave war protester Cindy Sheehan a guest pass to attend Bush's 2006 State of the Union speech.

Lynn Woolsey later stated that she was misunderstood, but the Blue Dogs continued the boycott.

Lynn Woolsey introduced the Graton Rancheria Restoration Act on August 6,1998.

Lynn Woolsey introduced a bill to revive the public option on July 22,2010.

Lynn Woolsey was strongly critical of the Stupak-Pitts Amendment, which prevents private health insurance plans from covering abortion if the plan is subsidized by tax breaks in the context of the November 2009 Affordable Health Care for America Act.

Lynn Woolsey has apologized for writing the letter, saying she did not know all the facts; the victim did not accept her apology.

Lynn Woolsey was one of thirty-one House Democrats who voted to not count the electoral votes from Ohio in the 2004 presidential election.

Lynn Woolsey was arrested April 27,2009, outside the embassy of Sudan in Washington, DC, during a protest against genocide in Darfur.