Patricia Schroeder was born in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Bernice, a first-grade teacher, and Lee Combs Scott, a pilot who owned an aviation insurance company.
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Patricia Schroeder's moved to Des Moines, Iowa, with her family as a child.
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Patricia Schroeder's graduated with a B A in 1961 and later earned a J D degree from Harvard Law School in 1964.
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Patricia Schroeder worked for the National Labor Relations Board from 1964 to 1966.
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Patricia Schroeder's later worked for Planned Parenthood and taught in Denver's public schools.
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At age 32, Patricia Schroeder is the third-youngest woman ever elected to that body.
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Patricia Schroeder's only faced one remotely close contest after the initial run, when she was held to 53 percent of the vote–the only time she would drop below 58 percent.
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Years later, Patricia Schroeder submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for her FBI file and discovered that she and her staff had been under surveillance during her first congressional campaign.
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Patricia Schroeder's learned that the FBI had recruited her husband's barber as an informant, and paid a man named Timothy Redfern to break into her home and steal "such all-important secret documents as my dues statement from the League of Women Voters and one of my campaign buttons", demonstrating to her "how paranoid J Edgar Hoover and his agency were".
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Patricia Schroeder's was a Congress member of the original Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families that was established in 1983.
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Patricia Schroeder was involved in reform of Congress itself, working to weaken the long-standing control of committees by their chairs, sparring with Speaker Carl Albert over congressional "hideaways, " and questioning why Congress members who lived in their offices should not be taxed for the benefit.
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Patricia Schroeder's did not seek a thirteenth term in 1996 and was succeeded by state house minority whip Diana DeGette, a fellow Democrat.
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Patricia Schroeder was named president and CEO of the Association of American Publishers in 1997 and served in that post for 11 years.
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Patricia Schroeder's has been a vocal proponent of stronger copyright law, supporting the government in Eldred v Ashcroft and opposing Google's plan to digitize books and post limited content online.
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In July 2012, Patricia Schroeder narrated a children's book app, "The House that Went on Strike", a rhyming, interactive and musical tale that teaches kids respect for the household.
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Patricia Schroeder was chosen to narrate because of her stature as a celebrated House mom, and the metaphorical title of her memoir.
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Patricia Schroeder is a resident of the 8th congressional district, and in the 2010 general election came out in strong support of Democrat Alan Grayson for re-election to Congress, citing, in particular, the candidates' differences on women's issues.
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Patricia Schroeder's subsequently endorsed him again ahead of the 2012 congressional elections, during which he returned to Congress.
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Patricia Schroeder's currently sits on the board of The League of Women Voters of Florida.
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Patricia Schroeder's is a supporter of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which advocates for democratic reformation of the United Nations.
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Patricia Schroeder was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1985.
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Patricia Schroeder was lampooned on Saturday Night Live in 1988 in a skit where Nora Dunn, acting as Patricia Schroeder, repeatedly burst into tears while moderating a Democratic primary debate.
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Patricia Schroeder denounced Limbaugh's remark on the floor of the House.
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Patricia Schroeder was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995.
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Patricia Schroeder's contributed the piece "Running for Our Lives: Electoral Politics" to the 2003 anthology Sisterhood Is Forever: The Women's Anthology for a New Millennium, edited by Robin Morgan.
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Patricia Schroeder's was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board in 2010.
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Patricia Schroeder was portrayed by Jan Radcliff in the 2016 HBO film Confirmation.
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Patricia Schroeder coined the famous phrase "Teflon President" to describe Ronald Reagan.
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Patricia Schroeder's was frying eggs in a Teflon pan one morning when the idea came to her.
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