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Mary Rose Oakar

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Died when: 85 years 192 days (1026 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Mary Rose Oakar

Mary Rose Oakar (born March 5, 1940) was an American Democratic politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, serving from 1977 to 1993.

She was the first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from that state.Oakar was also the first woman of Arab-American (Syrian and Lebanese) ancestry to serve in Congress.

Oakar later served as a member of the Ohio State Board of Education.

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