Florence P. Dwyer

Florence P. Dwyer

Florence Price Dwyer (born July 4, 1902 in Reading , Pennsylvania , †  February 29, 1976 in Elizabeth , New Jersey ) was an American politician . Between 1957 and 1973 she represented the state of New Jersey in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Florence Louise Price, her maiden name, attended the public schools in her home town in Pennsylvania and in Toledo ( Ohio ). She also graduated from Rutgers Law School . She later moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey. In her new home, she became chair of the New Jersey Business and Working Women’s Association. Politically, she became a member of the Republican Party . In 1944 she participated as a delegate at the Republican National Convention in Chicago , where Thomas E. Dewey was first nominated as a presidential candidate. From 1950 to 1956 she was a member of the New Jersey General Assembly . There she campaigned for equality between the sexes in the area of ​​wages.

In the 1956 congressional election , Dwyer was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the sixth constituency of New Jersey , where she succeeded Harrison A. Williams on January 3, 1957 . After seven re-elections, she was able to complete eight legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1973 . Since 1967 she has represented the twelfth district of her state as the successor to Paul J. Krebs . She also campaigned for the equalization of salaries between the sexes in Congress. She was involved in drafting the Equal Pay Act in 1962. During her time in Congress, the Vietnam War and, domestically, the civil rights movement fell .

1972 Florence Dwyer renounced a new congressional candidacy. After the end of her time in the US House of Representatives, she retired, which she spent in Elizabeth. She died there on February 29, 1976.

Web links

• Florence P. Dwyer in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)