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Suzanne O'Dea Schenken [photo] Suzanne O'Dea Schenken is a feminist scholar and activist. Her newest publication, From Suffrage to the Senate: An Encyclopedia of American Women in Politics, is a two-volume reference guide listing people and events that have influenced the told of women in the United States. Legislators and Politicians: Iowa's Women Lawmakers delved into the experiences of the women who have served in Iowa's General Assembly. However, Schenken's work for women does not stop with research alone. She worked tenaciously on two campaigns for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and the successful campaign in 1998 to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution. As a member of its advisory boards, Schenken has fostered the mission of the White House Project to have more women run for public office by coordination a local initiative to mentor young women interested in holding elective office. She has served on the Friends of the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women since 1992 and been president for the past six years. As a fundraiser for the group, Schenken wrote Iowa Women of Achievement and edited a weekly planner featuring Iowa Women's Hall of Fame inductees. Currently, she is part of a group raising money to building a sacred place at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville. She was honored with the Cristine Wilson Medal for Equality and Justice in 2000. Cristine Wilson Medal for Equality and Justice-- 2000 Edition/16
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Suzanne O'Dea Schenken [photo] Suzanne O'Dea Schenken is a feminist scholar and activist. Her newest publication, From Suffrage to the Senate: An Encyclopedia of American Women in Politics, is a two-volume reference guide listing people and events that have influenced the told of women in the United States. Legislators and Politicians: Iowa's Women Lawmakers delved into the experiences of the women who have served in Iowa's General Assembly. However, Schenken's work for women does not stop with research alone. She worked tenaciously on two campaigns for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and the successful campaign in 1998 to Add Women to the Iowa Constitution. As a member of its advisory boards, Schenken has fostered the mission of the White House Project to have more women run for public office by coordination a local initiative to mentor young women interested in holding elective office. She has served on the Friends of the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women since 1992 and been president for the past six years. As a fundraiser for the group, Schenken wrote Iowa Women of Achievement and edited a weekly planner featuring Iowa Women's Hall of Fame inductees. Currently, she is part of a group raising money to building a sacred place at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women in Mitchellville. She was honored with the Cristine Wilson Medal for Equality and Justice in 2000. Cristine Wilson Medal for Equality and Justice-- 2000 Edition/16
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