Lynn Martin Quotes
This is the first generation where, to any extent, men and women are working together as equals.
Lynn Martin, U. S. Congresswoman (Republican, IL), U. S. Secretary of Labor, PBS Listening to America, May 18, 1992
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Mount Holyoke College was one of the finest women’s colleges. This line drew applause, although as we look back on it, the statement seems hypocritical. Women at the time could not vote and in some states even own property. They could not serve in the military and were barred from most executive and technical jobs, government as well as private. President McKinley was not a public advocate for women’s rights or equality. He was however, at least in favor of higher education for women—something which many politicians opposed at the time.
This is one of the most positive statements about women and women’s rights to emanate from a leader of a Muslim Middle Eastern nation.
She was also Australia’s First Woman Cabinet Minister.
Lynn Morley Martin is an American businesswoman and former United States politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois from 1981 to 1991, representing the 16th congressional district, and as U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1991 to 1993.