Charlotte Thompson Reid
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Charlotte Reid | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 15th district | |
| In office January 3, 1963 – October 7, 1971 | |
| Preceded by | Noah M. Mason |
| Succeeded by | Cliffard D. Carlson |
| Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission | |
| In office October 8, 1971 - July 1, 1976 | |
| President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charlotte Leota Thompson September 27, 1913 Kankakee, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 25, 2007 (aged 93) Aurora, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Illinois College |
Charlotte Thompson Reid (September 27, 1913 – January 25, 2007) served in the
Family and early life
Charlotte Leota Thompson attended
On January 1, 1938, Charlotte Thompson married Frank R. Reid Jr. He died in 1962. She was the mother of four children including Illinois State Representative Patricia Reid Lindner.
Member of U.S. House
Charlotte's husband Frank sought to follow in the footsteps of his father,
Her initial assignments were on the
Reid's committee assignments also included the Committee on Appropriations, where she was appointed to two of its Subcommittees: Foreign Operations, and Labor-Health, Education and Welfare. Reid served as one of the first six Congressional members on the Board of Governors of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and served on the Board of Governors of the Capitol Hill Club. She addressed the 1964 Republican National Convention in San Francisco and the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami. She was the only member of Congress from Illinois to vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.[1]
In 1965, during her second term, Reid paid for her own trip to Vietnam to speak with her constituents from Illinois, including 23 men on an aircraft carrier in the China Sea. When she returned she contacted their families. Reid said that the experience was "one of the most gratifying things that happened to me in Congress."
In 1968, Reid became the first woman to deliver a State of the Union response.[2]
In 1969, Reid became the first woman to wear pants on the floor of the House of Representatives.[3]
After Congress: life and honors
Reid left Congress in 1971, in the middle of her fifth term, to become a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission. She was only the second woman to be appointed to the agency in its 37-year history.[4] While on the FCC, she served as the Commissioner of Defense, focused on emergency preparedness and defense mobilization.
After leaving government in 1976, Reid was involved with both public and private boards:
- Board member of Liggett Group (1977–1981)
- Board member of Motorola (1978–1983)
- Board member of Midatlantic Bank of New Jersey (1978–1985)
- Board of Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) (1982–1984)
- Presidential Task Force on International Private Enterprise (1985–1987)
- Board of Governors of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University (1982–1989)
Honorary degrees included Doctor of Laws from
See also
References
- ^ "H.R. 7152. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. ADOPTION OF A ... -- House Vote #182 -- Jul 2, 1964". GovTrack.us. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ Woodruff, Betsy (20 January 2015). "Joni Ernst will be the 16th woman to respond to the State of the Union: Female politicians have been fighting the same sexist attacks for decades". Slate Magazine.
- ^ "Update: First woman to wear pants on House floor, Rep. Charlotte Reid". Washington Post.
- ^ "Commissioners from 1934 to Present". FCC.gov. 5 June 2013. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
External links
- United States Congress. "Charlotte Thompson Reid (id: R000143)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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