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Patricia Schroeder

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Patricia Schroeder worked across the overlapping roles of politician, lawyer, jurist, and teacher during her career as a citizen of the United States. She received the Margaret Brent Award, a recognition within the legal profession, and was inducted into both the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame and the National Women's Hall of Fame. These memberships mark the range of public life she occupied across law, politics, and education.

Schroeder was born on July 30, 1940, in Portland. She attended Theodore Roosevelt High School before going on to study at the University of Minnesota and then Harvard Law School. Her education in law preceded her work as a politician and jurist, and she also served as a teacher at points in her career, making her professional record notable for the variety of its occupations.

Her induction into both a state and a national hall of fame for women reflects the recognition she accumulated across those roles. Schroeder died on March 13, 2023, in Celebration. Her membership in the National Women's Hall of Fame stands as a concrete marker of the public standing she achieved during her lifetime.

Quotes by Patricia Schroeder

I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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Do I have an option? when asked by the press if she was “running as a woman.”
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Do I have an option? when asked by the press if she was “running as a woman.”
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The presidency has become a series of visuals I don’t know how a woman fits into.
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The presidency has become a series of visuals I don’t know how a woman fits into.
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Traditional copyright has been that you can’t make a full copy of somebody’s work without their permission.
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Traditional copyright has been that you can’t make a full copy of somebody’s work without their permission.
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If the search engines don’t respect the creators, there won’t be anything to search in the future because creators have to make a living too.
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If the search engines don’t respect the creators, there won’t be anything to search in the future because creators have to make a living too.
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We have to tell the American public that they’re missing the boat, that they have to get into writing and reading. Not only that, but books won’t crash in the year 2000.
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We have to tell the American public that they’re missing the boat, that they have to get into writing and reading. Not only that, but books won’t crash in the year 2000.
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Those who declared librarians obsolete when the Internet rage first appeared are now red-faced. We need them more than ever. The Internet is full of ‘stuff’ but its value and readability is often questionable. ‘Stuff’ doesn’t give you a competitive edge, high-quality related information does.
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Those who declared librarians obsolete when the Internet rage first appeared are now red-faced. We need them more than ever. The Internet is full of ‘stuff’ but its value and readability is often questionable. ‘Stuff’ doesn’t give you a competitive edge, high-quality related information does.
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The paranoid fear of government is an extremist position, and every one of us ought to say that.
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The paranoid fear of government is an extremist position, and every one of us ought to say that.
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The mood of the 80s – Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
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The mood of the 80s – Get what you can, can what you get, and sit on the can.
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When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, ‘What choice do I have?’
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When people ask me why I am running as a woman, I always answer, ‘What choice do I have?’
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