A woman of firsts : Margaret Heckler, political trailblazer /
"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,...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Essex, Connecticut :
Lyons Press,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "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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| Physical Description: | xii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781493086085 1493086081 |