Claudine Schneider
Claudine Schneider | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd district | |
In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991 | |
Preceded by | Edward Beard |
Succeeded by | Jack Reed |
Personal details | |
Born | Claudine Cmarada March 25, 1947 Clairton, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Rosemont College Windham College (BA) University of Rhode Island |
Claudine Schneider (née Cmarada; born March 25, 1947) is an American economist and former politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative from Rhode Island. She was the first,[1] and to date only, woman elected to Congress from Rhode Island. She is the founder of Republicans for Integrity, which describes itself as a network of "Republican former Members of Congress who feel compelled to remind Republican voters about the fundamentals of [the Republican] party and to provide the facts about incumbents' voting records."[2]
Life and career
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Schneider was born Claudine Cmarada in Clairton, Pennsylvania. On her father's side, she is of Slovak descent.[3] Schneider attended parochial schools. She studied at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and Rosemont College (Pennsylvania). She obtained a B.A. degree from Windham College (Vermont) in 1969. She also attended the University of Rhode Island Program in Community Planning.
She was the founder of the Rhode Island Committee on Energy in 1973, and was appointed executive director of the Conservation Law Foundation in 1974. She became Federal coordinator of Rhode Island Coastal Zone Management Program in 1978. She worked as a producer and host of a public affairs television program in Providence from 1978 to 1979.
Schneider was elected as a Republican to the 97th Congress and was re-elected to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1981, to January 3, 1991 for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district.
She did not stand for re-election in 1990 to the 102nd Congress but was an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Senate in challenging incumbent Claiborne Pell.
In 1985, she was interviewed by David Wallechinsky for his book, "Midterm Report: The Class of '65: Chronicles Of An American Generation" (1986). It was later published as "Class Reunion '65, Tales of an American Generation," written from the perspective of two decades post-high school graduation.[4] Twenty-eight contemporary graduates were interviewed, Wallachinsky noting the profound impact of the Vietnam War on their lives.[4]
After leaving Congress, she served as a member of the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.
She is a resident of Boulder, Colorado, where she works as an independent consultant, specializing in environmental matters and ecological economics.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "SCHNEIDER, Claudine". US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Home". republicansforintegrity.org.
- ^ U.S. legislators with Czech-Slovak roots Archived 2008-11-15 at the Wayback Machine at CZECHOSLOVAK SOCIETY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
- ^ a b Midterm Report, the Class of ’65: CHRONICLE OF AN AMERICAN GENERATION by David Wallechinsky, Los Angeles Times, Charles Trueheart, September 28, 1986. Retrieved February 8, 2021.
- ^ "Claudine Schneider". Retrieved August 12, 2008.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Claudine Schneider (id: S000136)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1947 births
- American environmentalists
- American women environmentalists
- American people of Slovak descent
- Ecological economists
- Female members of the United States House of Representatives
- Harvard Kennedy School faculty
- Living people
- Politicians from Boulder, Colorado
- People from Clairton, Pennsylvania
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island
- Rosemont College alumni
- University of Barcelona alumni
- University of Rhode Island alumni
- Women in Rhode Island politics
- Women state legislators in Rhode Island
- 21st-century American women