Margaret Heckler
U.S. Congressperson
1931 –
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Who is Margaret Heckler?
Margaret Mary Heckler is a Republican politician from Massachusetts who served in the United States House of Representatives for eight terms, from 1967 until 1983 and was later the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Ambassador to Ireland under President Ronald Reagan. After her defeat in 1982, no woman would be elected to Congress from Massachusetts until Niki Tsongas in a special election in 2007.
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- Born
- Jun 21, 1931
Flushing - Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Boston College
- Albertus Magnus College
- Boston College Law School
- Leiden University
- Honorary degree
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on July 23, 2013
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