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Patricia Scott Schroeder Supersisters Trading Card

A trading card, reading “Supersisters, Pat Schroeder,” with an image of Patricia Scott Schroeder, and an orange and yellow border/tiles/collection/8/8549.xml
Reverse of trading card, reading, “Pat Schroeder. Birthday: July 30, 1940. Birthplace: Portland, Oregon. Home: Denver, Colorado. Colorado had never sent a woman to the United States Congress until Pat Schroeder was elected in 1972. She has been reelected to the House of Representatives three times since then. In the Congress, Pat Schroeder serves on the powerful Armed Services Committee where she works to make sure that the United States plans its military budget wisely. She also works actively in Congress to make laws for government reform and for children's and women's rights. Pat Schroeder is a lawyer. She is married and has a son, Scott, and a daughter, Jamie.”/tiles/collection/8/8550.xml
A trading card, reading “Supersisters, Pat Schroeder,” with an image of Patricia Scott Schroeder, and an orange and yellow border
Reverse of trading card, reading, “Pat Schroeder. Birthday: July 30, 1940. Birthplace: Portland, Oregon. Home: Denver, Colorado. Colorado had never sent a woman to the United States Congress until Pat Schroeder was elected in 1972. She has been reelected to the House of Representatives three times since then. In the Congress, Pat Schroeder serves on the powerful Armed Services Committee where she works to make sure that the United States plans its military budget wisely. She also works actively in Congress to make laws for government reform and for children's and women's rights. Pat Schroeder is a lawyer. She is married and has a son, Scott, and a daughter, Jamie.”
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Date

1979

Dimensions

3 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (8.9 × 6.4 cm)

Accession Number

2005.184.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

During her 24-year House career, Pat Schroeder of Colorado became a champion of liberal causes and a feminist icon, weighing in on issues from arms control to women’s reproductive rights. The Supersisters cards, created to provide an alternative to all-male sports trading cards, fit well with Schroeder’s explicitly feminist interests.

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