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Minnette Doderer a Fixture of Iowa Lawmaking
Minnette Doderer shaped Iowa policy for decades by rewriting codes to remove sexist language and advancing equal rights through the ERA abortion rights and birth control access. Her persistence earned respect from allies and opponents as she built cross party support and mentored others even as voters rejected the ERA.
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Grundy County
Johnson County
Doderer
Mary Mascher
Iowa City
Iowa
Charlotte Nelson
Iowa Commission On the Status of Women
Mascher
George Kinley
Des Moines
Democratic
Senate
Suzanne O'Dey Schenken
Minnette
Schenken
Don Avenson
del Stromer
Avenson
Oelwein
Stromer
House