[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H1749]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING NATIONAL WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND MAYOR JEAN STOTHERT

  (Mr. ASHFORD asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ASHFORD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in observation of National 
Women's History Month. During this time, it is important to celebrate 
the achievements and contributions of women in our great Nation.
  I am proud to recognize my friend, Mayor Jean Stothert, the 51st 
mayor of the great city of Omaha, Nebraska, and the first woman elected 
to this office.
  In 1993, Mr. Speaker, Ms. Stothert moved to Nebraska, quickly 
embracing her new home. Her advocacy garnered an appointment to the 
Millard school board, a position to which she was reelected three 
times.
  Expanding her passion for service, she sought and won election to the 
Omaha City Council in 2009. With a strong work ethic and ambition, 
Mayor Stothert was elected mayor of the city of Omaha on May 14, 2013.
  An illustration by our very famous editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba 
of the Omaha World-Herald portrays Mayor Stothert breaking the 
proverbial glass ceiling in Omaha.
  Good for her--she represents a phalanx of women in Omaha who are 
taking leadership positions in our community and in our State.

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