A Woman of Firsts

Margaret Heckler, Political Trailblazer

By Kimberly HecklerJean Sinzdak,

Publisher: Globe Pequot

Imprint: Lyons Press

In a time when many women entered public office because of their husbands, Margaret Heckler made her own name by authoring the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which gave women the right to credit in their own name, commissioning the Heckler Report to address health disparities among minorities, and becoming the first female ambassador to Ireland.

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