[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 23, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E515]
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                    TRIBUTE TO EMILY MARKS SKOLNICK

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 23, 1999

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Emily Marks Skolnick, 
an extraordinary citizen of San Mateo County, California, who will be 
inducted into the San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame on Friday, 
March 26, 1999.
  Emily Marks Skolnick has pursued her quest for human rights, equality 
and economic justice since she was a child. A 1937 Phi Beta Kappa 
graduate of Wellesley College where she majored in Labor Economics, 
Emily has given generously of her time and resources as a volunteer for 
over 60 years. She fought for school desegregation in the 1940s, 
helping to instigate the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case. In 
1946 she helped found the Co-Op Nursery School and organized a pilot 
preschool program which was a model for the Headstart program. She 
participated in the desegregation of the San Mateo Union High School 
District in the 1950s, and in 1958 she led a field study which resulted 
in passage of the San Mateo City Fair Employment Practices Ordinance. 
Emily helped launch the Lawrence Child Care Center and the local 
chapter of the ACLU.
  Mr. Speaker, Emily Marks Skolnick is an extraordinary woman. I salute 
her for her remarkable contributions and commitment to our community 
and I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring and congratulating her 
on being inducted into the San Mateo County Women's Hall of Fame.

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