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Elaine Bland Baxter (Illinois) Iowa Secretary of State (1987-94). Former member of the Iowa House of Representatives for three terms. Appointed to Humanities Iowa board of directors by Iowa Gov. Thomas Vilsack.

Nancy Osborn Brataas (Minnesota) Retired Minnesota state senator (1975-92), the first woman senator in Minnesota history to be elected in her own right. Minority chairperson of the senate employment committee (1978-92).

Marjorie "Bunny" Lawrence Clement (Colorado) Jefferson County, Colo., commissioner (1981-93). Appointed to succeed her late husband and re-elected for three terms.

Anne Marie Conroy (UC/Berkeley) Youngest member to sit on San Francisco's Board of Supervisors (1992). Current executive director of Treasure Island Development Authority, San Francisco.

Mary Prior Dambman (Colorado College) Former Colorado state representative.

Georgia Neese Gray (Washburn) First woman Treasurer of the United States (1949-53), appointed by President Harry Truman.

Charlene Prince Lawrence (Michigan State) Retired police chief. First female captain of the Indianapolis Police Department (1985-97).

Grace Lockhart McCarthy (Illinois) Three-time mayor of Pacifica, Calif.; civic leader; recipient of Robert J. Koshiand Prize from the Peninsula Community Foundation.

Shirley Pugh McLoughlin (Toronto and ??-British Columbia) Councillor for the Town of Comox, British Columbia. Leader of the Liberal Party in British Columbia (1981), the first woman leader in Canada.

Polly Cutler Rosenbaum (Colorado) Arizona state representative continuously for 46 years (1949-94).

Bonnie McCulloch Scott (Purdue) Lt. commander in the U.S. Navy, one of only 25 women out of more than 5,000 commanding officers in the Navy.

Diane Steed (Kansas) President, Coalition for Vehicle Choice (since 1991). Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (1983-89).

Nancy Harvey Steorts (Syracuse) President of Nancy Harvey Steorts International consulting firm. Former chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission under President Ronald Reagan. Consultant to the director of the U.S. Office on Consumer Affairs at the White House and as special assistant for consumer affairs to the Secretary of Agriculture during the Nixon and Ford administrations.

Eileen Hurney Stevens- Founded CHUCK (Committee to Halt Useless College Killings) to bring about awareness of hazing practices. One of 10 Women of the Year, New York Daily News (1993).

Adis Vila (Rollins) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture (1989). One of 14 White House Fellows (1982-83). Named "One of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the United States." Among Good Housekeeping magazine’s "100 Women of Promise" (1985).

Lynn Robinson Woolsey (Washington) Elected to her fifth term as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the Sixth Congressional District in California (since 1992).

Becky Cook Cain (West Virginia) Past national president of the League of Women Voters (1992-98). President and CEO of the Greater Kanawha Valley Community Foundation (see Fall 2001 Quarterly).

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