America's First Lady, Michelle Obama

Vice President Wife, Dr. Jill Biden

America's First Lady, Michelle Obama & 
Vice President Wife, Dr. Jill Biden

Hilliary Clinton! 
Shattered the Glass!

CLINTON, Hillary Rodham, (wife of President William Jefferson Clinton), a Senator from New York; born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois; attended public school in Park Ridge, Illinois; graduated Wellesley College, BA 1969; graduated Yale Law School, JD 1973; attorney; counsel, impeachment inquiry staff, House Judiciary Committee 1974; First Lady of Arkansas 1979-1981, 1983-1993; First Lady of the United States 1993-2001; elected to the United States Senate in 2000; reelected in 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013; was an unsuccessful candidate 
for Democratic nomination for president 2008.

Elizabeth Hanfold Dole- Republican

  (wife of Robert J. Dole), a Senator from North Carolina; born in Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, on July 29, 1936; B.A., Duke University 1958; M.A., Harvard University 1960; J.D., Harvard University 1965; U.S. secretary of transportation 1983-1987; U.S. secretary of labor 1989-1990; president, American Red Cross 1991-2000; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000; elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2002 for the term ending January 3, 2009; chair, National Republican Senatorial Committee (2005-2007); was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2008.

Vera Cahalan, Republican

  (wife of Harlan J. Bushfield), a Senator from South Dakota; born in Miller, Hand County, S.Dak., August 9, 1889; attended the public schools; graduated from Stout Institute, Menominee, Wis., in 1912; also attended Dakota Wesleyan University and the University of Minnesota; appointed on October 6, 1948, as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Harlan J. Bushfield, and served from October 6, 1948, until her resignation on December 26, 1948; died in Fort Collins, Colo., 
April 16, 1976; interment in the G.A.R. Cemetery, Miller, S.Dak.

Martha G. Scott - Democrat

State Senator Martha G. Scott, a Democrat from Highland Park, was elected by Special Election in 2001 to the Michigan Senate for the 2nd District, which, after redistricting, includes portions of Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Harper Woods, and the Grosse Pointes. She is currently in her second full term, which will expire in 2010.

Senator Scott began her public service career in 1972 as a Precinct Delegate. In 1977, she was appointed to the Wayne County Board of Commissioners. In 1979, she served as Vice-Chair of the Wayne County Civil Service Commission. From 1984 to 1987, she was President of the Highland Park City Council. In 1988, she was elected the first woman Mayor of Highland Park, making her the first African American woman elected Mayor of a Michigan city.

 Nancy Cassis- Republican

State Senator Nancy Cassis, a Novi, Michigan Republican, was elected to represent the citizens of the 15th Senate District in November 2002.

Born in 1944, she grew up in Southampton, Long Island, NY. She earned a bachelor's degree with highest honors from Ohio University in 1966, a master's degree from the University of Michigan in 1979, and an education specialist degree, also from U of M, in 1980.

Prior to her election to the state Senate, she served six years in the House of Representatives, having been elected to fill a vacancy in 1996. Senator Cassis also has experience in local government - she served as councilwoman for the city of Novi from 1985-93 and from 1995-96.
Before holding elected office, Senator Cassis was a school psychologist for the Novi Community Schools from 1980-96, and she taught in Cleveland for the Ohio Public Schools from 1966-68.

Upon her election to the state House, Cassis made history for her appointment as the first female chair of the House Tax Policy Committee. When she took office in the Senate, she was selected as chair of the Senate Finance Committee, based on her extensive knowledge of finance and tax policy issues, and experience as chair of the House Tax Policy Committee.

 Deb Cherry- Non Partisan

Senator Cherry has served her community with distinction for over thirty years. The Oakland University graduate got her start in politics as a teenager as a member of a non-partisan student group. Since that time she has been active in politics as a volunteer, manager of campaigns, as a candidate, and as an elected official.

After earning her Bachelor of Science degree in Human Resources Development with a concentration in Manpower in 1976, she worked with the Valley Area Agency on Aging managing grants and working to find funding for various agency services.

In 1988 Deborah was elected to the Genesee County Commission, where she represented the 3rd District for six years and served three years as Commission Chair. During this time she earned her Masters degree in Public Administration from the University of Michigan-Flint.

Elected to the Senate in 2002 and 2006, she is a member of the Senate Appropriations committee, serving as Minority Vice Chair on the sub-committees for Community Health and Retirement.