Former Rep. Pat Shroeder, women’s rights pioneer, dies at 82
Conrad Hoyt
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Former Rep. Pat Shroeder (D-CO), a trailblazer for women’s and family rights and the first woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in Colorado, died on Monday night at the age of 82.
Schroeder’s former press secretary, Andrea Camp, told the Associated Press Schroeder suffered a stroke recently and died at a hospital in Celebration, Florida, where she had been living in recent years.
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Shroeder was first elected to Congress in 1972 and won reelection 11 times. She represented Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, which is based primarily in the state capital of Denver. In 1997, she retired.
Shroeder was the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee. However, despite her senior status having been reelected so many times, she was never appointed to head a committee.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) tweeted out his remembrance of Shroeder after the news was announced.
“Tonight I am deeply saddened by the passing of my friend and mentor Pat Schroeder (1940-2023), who proudly served Colorado in United States Congress from 1973 to 1997. Her wit, wisdom, and great love for our country will be missed, and my condolences to her loving family,” Polis wrote.
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold also shared touching words in honor of Shroeder.
“Pat Schroeder, the first woman elected to Congress from the State of Colorado, has passed away. Her leadership for women and families made a lasting impact, and Pat was a true trailblazer for so many of us. May her memory always be a blessing,” Griswold wrote on Twitter.