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MARGOLIES-MEZVINSKY, Marjorie, (wife of Edward Maurice Mezvinsky),
a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June
21, 1942; graduated from Forest Park High School, Baltimore, Md., 1959; B.A.,
University of Pennsylvania, 1963; CBS News Foundation Fellow, Columbia
University, New York, N.Y.; television journalist, WCAU-TV, 1967-1971;
television journalist, NBC, 1971-1991; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred
Third Congress (January 3, 1993-January 3, 1995); unsuccessful candidate for
reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress in 1994; chair, National Women’s
Business Council; director and deputy chair of the United States delegation to
the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, 1995.
BibliographyMargolies-Mezvinsky, Marjorie, with Barbara Feinman.
A Woman’s Place: The Freshman Women Who Changed the Face of
Congress. New York: Crown Publishers, 1994; “Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky” in
Women in Congress, 1917-2006. Prepared under the direction of
the Committee on House Administration by the Office of History &
Preservation, U. S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing
Office, 2006.
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