[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 208 (Wednesday, December 10, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          CELEBRATING THE LIFE AND ACTIVISM OF ANN HANNA WALSH

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                            HON. ILHAN OMAR

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 10, 2025

  Ms. OMAR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to extend congratulations and to 
recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of Ann Hanna Walsh, beloved 
wife of the late, great Jerry Walsh, and beloved mother, grandmother, 
great grandmother, and matriarch of the notorious Walsh clan of South 
Minneapolis, who has been a lifelong proponent of social justice, 
women's liberation, and equal rights for all.
  Her children will lovingly recount the time in the early 1970's when 
Ann, a feminist from the start, planted a sign that read ``White Racism 
Must Go'' in the front yard of the family home. That righteous fire 
still burns in her today.
  A 1948 graduate of Washburn High School, Arm married Jerry in 1953. 
The couple moved to Evanston, Illinois and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and 
back to Minneapolis where they raised six children, all of whom took 
the life lessons learned from their parents out into the world. In 
midlife, Ann joined her current community of The Church of Saint 
Leonard of Port Maurice, and became a successful insurance agent, which 
allowed for annual family reunions at Ruttger's Bay Lake Lodge.
  An avid reader, Ann also melded her love of bridge and golf with her 
close friend group THE GABS, and, as a music lover, the Belfast 
Cowboys' summer concert at Lake Harriet was one of her favorite days of 
the year.
  I ask my colleagues to join me in celebrating Ann Hanna Walsh and her 
remarkable achievement of 95 years worth of family, community, values, 
and faith.

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