[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 184 (Tuesday, December 4, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2474]
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              HONORING MS. PRISSY GRACE ON HER RETIREMENT

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                            HON. GENE GREEN

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 4, 2007

  Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend Ms. 
Prissy Grace, who has represented members of the National Association 
of Letter Carriers, on announcing her retirement. Ms. Grace was born in 
Fort Worth, Texas, in 1943, and started with the Humble Post Office in 
1973. The National Association of Letter Carriers has recognized her 
dedication by electing her as a union steward, the first woman Member 
of the Year, the first woman full-time officer, in 1983, and the first 
woman president of their union, in 1998, and again in 2002. She was 
truly a pioneer and blazed a trail that women will be following for 
generations to come.
  Ms. Grace once forced a postmaster, who belonged to the Klu Klux 
Klan, to integrate his station. She defended workers who refused to 
work in unsafe and dangerous conditions. She worked to turn a credit 
union, in receivership, into one of the strongest financial 
institutions in the State. In many other ways, too numerous to list 
here, she has improved the life of all the postal workers and their 
families in the Houston area. Her decades of service have generated the 
respect and admiration of the union members and Post Office management.
  Not only was she a tireless defender of postal workers, but as a 
single mother, she raised three children who each went on to graduate 
from college. If ever an individual embodied the ideals of family 
values, freedom and feminism, she is this individual. She is also a 
good friend of my family and of working people in our country.
  And so it is with great pleasure that I recognize Ms. Prissy Grace, 
for her distinguished service to the National Association of Letter 
Carriers, and I congratulate her on announcing her retirement.

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