Patricia Schroeder

More than 900 women at a conference Saturday danced and defended themselves, spoke of politics and personal antics, debated abortion and studied handwriting. And participants in the 12th annual "Creative Options: A Day for Women" conference at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, greeted keynote speaker Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) with two standing ovations. "It's one of the best kept secrets in America, but this month is Women's History Month," Schroeder told the crowd.

They both went to Northeastern law schools. They are both liberal Democrats active on women's issues. They both had two children, ages 6 and 2, when they were first elected to the House. On paper, the retirement of Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) after 24 years in Congress and her replacement by Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) looks less like legislative baton-passing than an experiment in political cloning.

The office of Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) received an "obscene message" from a fax machine at the Marine Corps Air Station at New River, N. C. Corps officials turned over information on the incident to the Naval Investigative Service, which handles criminal matters for the Navy and Marine Corps. The act could be a violation of several articles in the military code of justice, a spokesman said.

When Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) came to the House of Representatives in 1972 and was assigned to serve on the House Armed Services Committee, her welcome was about as warm as her home district, Denver, in a howling snowstorm. Then-chairman F. Edward Hebert, an avowed segregationist and an old-bull Dixiecrat, made Schroeder share a seat with Rep. Ronald V. Dellums (D-Oakland), an African American who had been elected two years earlier.

U.S. Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) said today she will announce her decision regarding a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination on Monday in Denver's Civic Center Park. Schroeder, 47, has traveled to more than 30 states since June 5 and culminated her exploratory effort on Sunday with a nationwide series of "Run, Pat, Run" parties, a one-day fund-raising drive.

Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) became one of only a handful of women to head a House committee this century as she took over as chairwoman of the Select Committee on Children, Youth and Families. Schroeder sponsored a family medical leave bill that President Bush vetoed last year. She said she wants to look into Head Start funding, child care and how to rewrite divorce laws to ensure the economic security of children.

The Justice Department said that it would make public today voluminous details of allegations that prompted the federal criminal probe at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant near Denver. Deputy Associate Atty. Gen. Margaret Love told Reps. David E. Skaggs (D-Colo.) and Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) that 120 pages of affidavits that had supported search warrants would be unsealed by U.S. Atty. Michael Norton of Denver. The Justice Department has said that plant employees allegedly concealed contamination and illegally treated, stored and disposed of hazardous and radioactive waste.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson gave Rep. Patricia Schroeder, a potential Democratic presidential rival, some encouragement on Friday, citing India under Indira Gandhi and Israel under Golda Meir as proof that women can lead nations. "We cannot have any misgivings about a woman's ability to run for office and be President," said Jackson, who became the first black to campaign for the office when he ran in 1984.

Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) will discuss women and leadership at a women's workshop March 2 at California Lutheran University. "We think of her as being a wonderful role model for leadership for women," said Kathryn Swanson, Cal Lutheran Women's Resource Center spokeswoman. Schroeder, who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, is one of the founders of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, a bipartisan group devoted to advancing women's legislation in Congress.

Rep. Patricia Schroeder of Colorado, the dean of women in Congress and co-chairwoman of Gary Hart's abortive White House campaign, Friday said she is pondering a bid for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. Schroeder, 46, said there are "just an awful lot of things that I could contribute that aren't being said" by those already in the crowded field. If she runs, she would be the first woman in the 1988 race.

In a move that surprised the political world and saddened her supporters, especially feminist leaders, veteran Democratic Rep. Patricia Schroeder of Colorado announced Wednesday that she would not seek reelection next year. Schroeder, whose 23 years in office made her the dean of the 55 women serving in the House or Senate, represents a heavily Democratic district that includes all of Denver.

LADIES TO THE REAR: Reps. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) and Marge Roukema (R-N.J.) are still fuming about it. The two women played key roles in the long struggle to pass the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act recently. But at the bill-signing ceremony, they were left in the back while senior male lawmakers took the spotlight next to President Clinton.

Rep. Pat Schroeder offered an olive branch Saturday to Navy aviators disciplined last year for attacking her in two vulgar skits and denied charges that she ruined dozens of careers by pressing for an aggressive investigation of the Tailhook sex scandal. Schroeder, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, explained her position against sexual harassment in the military in two private meetings with 16 officers and enlisted personnel at the Miramar Naval Air Station.

Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) and feminist Gloria Steinem called Sunday for more support for breast cancer research, and Schroeder accused the Bush Administration of doing too little to fight the disease. "The reason we are losing is because we are being too nice," Schroeder told a rally of about 4,000 people. Schroeder also blasted President Bush for not supporting legislation, eventually passed by Congress, to transfer $210 million in defense spending for use in breast cancer research.

Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) had a "cordial" meeting with a Navy officer who apologized for his role in a skit at the Miramar Naval Air Station Officers' Club that included offensive sexual references to Schroeder, an aide to the congresswoman said Thursday. Schroeder's meeting in her Washington office with Cmdr. Robert H. Clement was "short but cordial," said Andrea Camp, the aide.

The office of Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) received an "obscene message" from a fax machine at the Marine Corps Air Station at New River, N. C. Corps officials turned over information on the incident to the Naval Investigative Service, which handles criminal matters for the Navy and Marine Corps. The act could be a violation of several articles in the military code of justice, a spokesman said.

Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) and feminist Gloria Steinem called Sunday for more support for breast cancer research, and Schroeder accused the Bush Administration of doing too little to fight the disease. "The reason we are losing is because we are being too nice," Schroeder told a rally of about 4,000 people. Schroeder also blasted President Bush for not supporting legislation, eventually passed by Congress, to transfer $210 million in defense spending for use in breast cancer research.

LADIES TO THE REAR: Reps. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) and Marge Roukema (R-N.J.) are still fuming about it. The two women played key roles in the long struggle to pass the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act recently. But at the bill-signing ceremony, they were left in the back while senior male lawmakers took the spotlight next to President Clinton.

SCENE 1: DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND -- Sharon Kinsella, dark hair cropped short, dressed in black from shoulder to toe, is hunched over in a chair, telephone jammed in her ear. "OK, let me ask you a couple of questions. Did he touch you?" As the Midwestern secretary on the line answers, smoke from Kinsella's cigarette coils sleepily upward. "Did this happen in front of anyone?"

More than 900 women at a conference Saturday danced and defended themselves, spoke of politics and personal antics, debated abortion and studied handwriting. And participants in the 12th annual "Creative Options: A Day for Women" conference at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, greeted keynote speaker Rep. Patricia Schroeder (D-Colo.) with two standing ovations. "It's one of the best kept secrets in America, but this month is Women's History Month," Schroeder told the crowd.