Showing posts with label Mary Norton. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mary Norton. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

No Lady, Member of Congress, Mary Norton

“I'm no lady; I'm a member of Congress, and I'll proceed on that basis.” - Mary Norton, the first female Democrat ever elected to Congress entirely on her own merits, rather than creeping in on the coattails of a deceased spouse.

Found in Wild Words from Wild Women: An Unbridled Collection of Candid Observations & Extremely Opinionated Bon Mots, Compiled by Autumn Stephens, page 153.