Millicent Fenwick
Millicent Fenwick
Millicent Vernon Hammond Fenwickwas an American fashion editor, politician and diplomat. A four-term Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, she entered politics late in life and was renowned for her energy and colorful enthusiasm. She was regarded as a moderate and progressive within her party and was outspoken in favor of civil rights and the women's movement. She was considered the inspiration behind Lacey Davenport, a fictional character in Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 February 1910
CityNew York City, NY
Everyone in America seems to be joining an organization of some kind, and in Congress one hears from them all.
When you're old, everything you do is sort of a miracle.
We must have government, but we must watch them like a hawk.
The money that is spent in elections is absolutely unconscionable - even if it's private money. It's true that one's not corrupted by the expenditure of one's own money, but to some extent the system is. We cannot have a system in which the only people you can count on for a vote that doesn't look as though it might be a vote for a special-interest group are people with enormous fortunes.