What is Margaret Heckler?
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox Officeholder |name = Margaret Heckler |image = Mmheckler.JPG |office = 19th [[United States Ambassador to Ireland]] |president = [[Ronald Reagan]]<br>[[George H. W. Bush]] |term_start = January 30, 1986 |term_end = August 20, 1989 |predecessor = [[Robert F. Kane|Robert Kane]] |successor = [[Richard Anthony Moore|Richard Moore]] |office1 = 15th [[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services]] |president1 = [[Ronald Reagan]] |term_start1 = March 9, 1983 |term_end1 = December 13, 1985 |predecessor1 = [[Richard Schweiker]] |successor1 = [[Otis R. Bowen|Otis Bowen]] |state2 = Massachusetts |district2 = {{ushr|Massachusetts|10|10th}} |term_start2 = January 3, 1967 |term_end2 = January 3, 1983 |predecessor2 = [[Joseph William Martin, Jr.|Joseph Martin]] |successor2 = [[Gerry Studds]] |office3 = Member of the [[Massachusetts Governor's Council]]<br>from the 2nd district |governor3 = [[Endicott Peabody]]<br>[[John A. Volpe|John Volpe]] |term_start3 = 1963 |term_end3 = 1967 |predecessor3 = [[Abraham H. Kahalas|Abraham Kahalas]] |successor3 = [[John J. Craven, Jr.|John Craven]] |birth_name = {{nowrap|Margaret Mary O'Shaughnessy}} |birth_date = {{birth date|1931|6|21}} |birth_place = [[Flushing, Queens|New York City]], [[New York]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2018|8|6|1931|6|21}} |death_place = [[Arlington, Virginia]], U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |alma_mater = [[Albertus Magnus College]]<br>[[Boston College Law School|Boston College]] }} '''Margaret Mary Heckler''' (June 21, 1931 &ndash; August 6, 2018) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician from [[Massachusetts]]. She 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 [[Rona