A WOMAN OF FIRSTS: Margaret Heckler, Political Trailblazer, Kimberly Heckler
“Margaret Heckler has always been a champion for women. She’s a woman everyone should know about. We both shared a commitment to the Equal Rights Amendment. In 1980, at the Republican National Convention, Margaret Heckler called a private meeting with Ronald Reagan, then a presidential nominee, to discuss including the ERA in the platform. However, […]
Margaret Heckler: Trailblazer for Justice, Kim Heckler
The untold story of Margaret Heckler, given away at birth, who became one of only eleven women in Congress in 1967, was appointed by President Reagan to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, dedicated her life to protecting the vulnerable, authored the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, which allowed women to get credit cards in […]