What is Pat Schroeder?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Pat Schroeder |image = patschroeder.jpg |state = [[Colorado]] |district = {{ushr|CO|1|1st}} |term_start = January 3, 1973 |term_end = January 3, 1997 |predecessor = [[Mike McKevitt]] |successor = [[Diana DeGette]] |birth_name = Patricia Nell Scott |birth_date = {{birth date|1940|7|30}} |birth_place = [[Portland, Oregon]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2023|3|13|1940|7|30}} |death_place = [[Celebration, Florida]], U.S. |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = {{marriage|James Schroeder|1962}} |children = 2 |education = [[University of Minnesota]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Patricia Nell Scott Schroeder''' (July 30, 1940 – March 13, 2023) was an American politician and writer. She represented [[Colorado]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1973 to 1997. She was a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Schroeder was the first female U.S. Representative elected in Colorado. She was born in [[Portland, Oregon]]. Schroeder unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in [[1988 United States presidential election|1988]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Warren |last=Weaver, Jr. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 September 1987 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/29/us/schroeder-assailing-the-system-decides-not-to-run-for-president.html |title=Schroeder, Assailing 'the System,' Decides Not to Run for President}}</ref> On March 13, 2023, Schroeder died from complications of a stroke at a hospital in [[Celebration, Florida]], at the age of 82. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schroeder, Pat}} [[Category:1940 births]] [[Category:2023 deaths]] [[Category:United States representatives from Colorado]] [[Category:American children's writers]] [[Category:Politicians from Portland, Oregon]] [[Category:Writers from Portland, Oregon]] [[Category:Politicians from Denver]] [