112th Congress, 2nd Session
January 17, 1910
Representative Edith Starrett Green of Oregon was born on this date in Trent, South Dakota.
June 19, 1944
On this date, during the 78th Congress (1943–1945), Congresswoman Winifred Stanley of New York introduced the first equal pay for equal work legislation.
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