[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 103 (Friday, June 20, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H5734]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CELEBRATING THE LEGACY OF THE HONORABLE ALICE ROBERTSON, MEMBER OF 
                                CONGRESS

  (Ms. FALLIN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FALLIN. Madam Speaker, today I would like to share with the 
Chamber a very significant moment in our history. Eighty-seven years 
ago today, on June 20, 1921, Congresswoman Alice Robertson became the 
first woman to sit in the chair and preside over this body.
  She was a pioneer, an educator, a public servant, and only the second 
woman ever elected to Congress. She is a testament to the power of the 
19th amendment and a symbol of the full participation that women have 
enjoyed in government ever since its passage. Today, women occupy many 
seats in this Chamber, even the Speaker's Chair.
  So we owe much to Alice Robertson, and I ask that you join me in 
celebrating her legacy and giving thanks to the memory of this 
wonderful Oklahoma woman.

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