Biography

Pat Schroeder was born on July 30, 1940 in Portland, Oregon, USA. She was an actress, known for LateLine (1998), The Reagan Presidency (2012) and Al Franken: God Spoke (2006). She was married to James Schroeder. She died on March 13, 2023 in Celebration, Florida, USA.

Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1995.

Served in Congress from 1973 to 1996.

Democrat, and former member of the lower chamber of the U.S. Congress, the House of Representatives, serving her electorate in the state of Colorado. She has always been an ardent, eloquent supporter of women's rights.

She graduated from the University of Minnesota and received a law degree from Harvard.

She was the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee.

On mothering: Babies don't come with directions on the back or batteries that can be removed. Motherhood is twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. You can't leave the office.'