| 词条 | Charlotte Thompson Reid |
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|name = Charlotte Reid |image = reid,charlottet.jpg |state = Illinois |district = {{ushr|IL|15|15th}} |term_start = January 3, 1963 |term_end = October 7, 1971 |predecessor = Noah M. Mason |successor = Cliffard D. Carlson |birth_name = Charlotte Leota Thompson |birth_date = {{birth date|1913|9|27}} |birth_place = Kankakee, Illinois, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2007|1|25|1913|9|27}} |death_place = Aurora, Illinois, U.S. |party = Republican |education = Illinois College }} Charlotte Thompson Reid (September 27, 1913 – January 25, 2007) served in the U.S. Congress as a U.S. Representative for Illinois from 1963 to 1971. She was a member of the Republican Party. Family and early lifeCharlotte Leota Thompson attended Aurora, Illinois public schools and Illinois College. Before getting married and entering politics she was a featured vocalist with the NBC's Breakfast Club with Don McNeill; she appeared under the professional name of "Annette King". On January 1, 1938, Charlotte Thompson married Frank R. Reid, Jr. (who died in 1962). She was the mother of four children: Illinois State Representative, Patricia Reid Lindner, Frank Reid, Susan Reid, and the late Edward Reid. {{As of|2007}} she had eight grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. Member of U.S. HouseCharlotte was very involved in her husband's run for congress. He won the nomination over eight men only to die in August before he could run in the regular election. Because she was so involved in her husband's campaign, she was appointed to run in his place. She was first elected to Congress from the 15th District of Illinois in November 1962 and was the only new woman member elected that year. Her first Congress, the 88th, contained 12 women Representatives and 1 woman Senator. She was re-elected for four successive terms. Her initial assignments were on the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Public Works. She also served on the House Republican Policy Committee and the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. Her committee assignments included the Committee on Appropriations where she was appointed to two of its Subcommittees: Foreign Operations and Labor-Health, Education and Welfare. Charlotte Reid served as one of the first six Congressional members on the Board of Governors of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and served on the Board of Governors of the Capitol Hill Club. She addressed the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco and again at the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami. She was the only member of congress from Illinois to vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.[1] In 1965, during her second term, she paid for her own trip to Vietnam to speak with her constituents from Illinois, including 23 men on an aircraft carrier in the China Sea. When she returned she contacted their families. She said that the experience was "One of the most gratifying things that happened to me in Congress." In 1968 she became the first woman to deliver a State of the Union response.[2] In 1969 she became the first woman to wear pants in the U.S. Congress.[3] After Congress: life and honorsMrs. Reid left Congress in 1971, in the middle of her fifth term, to become the only woman Commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission. While on the FCC, she served as the Commissioner of Defense focused on emergency preparedness and defense mobilization. After leaving government in 1976, Mrs. Reid was involved with both public and private boards:
Honorary degrees included Doctor of Laws from John Marshall Law School, Illinois College and Aurora University. See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h182|title=H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A ... -- House Vote #182 -- Jul 2, 1964|website=GovTrack.us|accessdate=16 April 2018}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2015/01/joni_ernst_will_be_the_16th_woman_to_respond_to_the_state_of_the_union_female.html|title=Joni Ernst will be the 16th woman to respond to the State of the Union: Female politicians have been fighting the same sexist attacks for decades.|work=Slate Magazine}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/update-first-woman-to-wear-pants-on-house-floor-rep-charlotte-reid/2011/12/21/gIQAVLD99O_blog.html|title=Update: First woman to wear pants on House floor, Rep. Charlotte Reid|work=Washington Post}} External links{{CongBio|R000143}}{{s-start}}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{s-bef|before=Noah M. Mason}}{{s-ttl|title=Member of the U.S. House of Representativesfrom Illinois's 15th congressional district|years=1963–1971}}{{s-aft|after=Cliffard D. Carlson}}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Reid, Charlotte Thompson}} 14 : 1913 births|2007 deaths|20th-century American politicians|20th-century American women politicians|American entertainers|American radio personalities|Female members of the United States House of Representatives|Illinois College alumni|Illinois Republicans|Members of the Federal Communications Commission|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois|People from Aurora, Illinois|Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives|Women in Illinois politics |
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