[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 139 (Thursday, October 27, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H9280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           THREE GREAT WOMEN

  (Mrs. JONES of Ohio asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Madam Speaker, I rise today to discuss the lives 
of three great women. The old people used to say that trouble comes in 
threes; and the threes I am thinking of are Constance Baker Motley, who 
was the first African-American woman elected to the New York State 
Senate in 1964, first woman to serve as Manhattan Borough president in 
1965, and appointed the first African-American Federal judge in 1966.
  The second is C. Delores Tucker, the first African-American woman to 
serve as Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and in 
any State in America. She went on to be an advocate for appointment of 
women in presidential administrations.
  Third, we lost Rosa Parks this week. They are three significant, 
hard-working, dedicated African-American women who stood out in history 
in the work that they did. I stand today and ask all of you to join me 
in extending sympathies and condolences to the families of C. Delores 
Tucker, Constance Baker Motley, and Rosa Parks.

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