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- Florence_P._Dwyer abstract "Florence Price \"Flo\" Dwyer (July 4, 1902 – February 29, 1976), born Florence Louise Price in Reading, Pennsylvania, was an American Republican Party politician and U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 6th and 12th Congressional Districts. She was the second woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey, the first being Mary Teresa Norton, who was also elected from the 12th district. She was the first woman from New Jersey to be elected to the House as a Republican. Dwyer was an advocate for women's rights throughout her political career.Dwyer went to public school in Reading and Toledo, Ohio after moving there. Dwyer later moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey. She took courses at Rutgers Law School and became State Legislation Chairman of the New Jersey Federation of Business and Professional Women.Dwyer served as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1944 and 1948. She was then elected to the New Jersey General Assembly, where she served from 1950 to 1956. Assemblywoman Dwyer introduced the Equal Pay for Equal Work bill, which was passed in 1952. The bill criminalized \"discrimination in the rate of wages on the basis of sex\" and later became a model for federal legislation.In 1956, Dwyer was elected to the United States House of Representatives for the first of eight terms. In 1962, she co-sponsored the Equal Pay Act, which was passed the following year. In 1970, she helped Representative Martha W. Griffiths to bring the Equal Rights Amendment to the floor of the House after it had stalled in committee decades earlier. The amendment, originally drafted by Alice Paul in 1923, passed in the House and Senate, but its deadline for ratification passed without approval by the required number of state legislatures. The ERA has since been reintroduced dozens of times without success.Dwyer was not a candidate for reelection in 1972. She retired to Elizabeth where she died in 1976. Her body is interred at St. Gertrude’s Cemetery, Colonia, New Jersey.".
- Florence_P._Dwyer almaMater Rutgers_School_of_Law–Newark.
- Florence_P._Dwyer almaMater University_of_Toledo.
- Florence_P._Dwyer birthDate "1902-07-04".
- Florence_P._Dwyer birthPlace Pennsylvania.
- Florence_P._Dwyer birthPlace Reading,_Pennsylvania.
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- Florence_P._Dwyer birthYear "1902".
- Florence_P._Dwyer deathDate "1976-02-29".
- Florence_P._Dwyer deathPlace Elizabeth,_New_Jersey.
- Florence_P._Dwyer deathPlace New_Jersey.
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- Florence_P._Dwyer deathYear "1976".
- Florence_P._Dwyer party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Florence_P._Dwyer predecessor Harrison_A._Williams.
- Florence_P._Dwyer predecessor Paul_J._Krebs.
- Florence_P._Dwyer region New_Jersey.
- Florence_P._Dwyer successor Matthew_John_Rinaldo.
- Florence_P._Dwyer successor William_T._Cahill.
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- Florence_P._Dwyer wikiPageWikiLinkText "Florence Dwyer".
- Florence_P._Dwyer wikiPageWikiLinkText "Florence P. Dwyer".
- Florence_P._Dwyer wikiPageWikiLinkText "Florence_P._Dwyer".
- Florence_P._Dwyer almaMater Rutgers_School_of_Law–Newark.
- Florence_P._Dwyer almaMater University_of_Toledo.
- Florence_P._Dwyer birthDate "1902-07-04".
- Florence_P._Dwyer birthPlace Pennsylvania.
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- Florence_P._Dwyer dateOfBirth "1902-07-04".
- Florence_P._Dwyer dateOfDeath "1976-02-29".
- Florence_P._Dwyer deathDate "1976-02-29".
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- Florence_P._Dwyer name "Dwyer, Florence P.".
- Florence_P._Dwyer name "Florence Dwyer".
- Florence_P._Dwyer party Republican_Party_(United_States).
- Florence_P._Dwyer predecessor Harrison_A._Williams.
- Florence_P._Dwyer predecessor Paul_J._Krebs.
- Florence_P._Dwyer shortDescription "American politician".
- Florence_P._Dwyer state Jersey.
- Florence_P._Dwyer state New_Jersey.
- Florence_P._Dwyer successor Matthew_John_Rinaldo.
- Florence_P._Dwyer successor William_T._Cahill.
- Florence_P._Dwyer termEnd "1967-01-03".
- Florence_P._Dwyer termEnd "1973-01-03".
- Florence_P._Dwyer termStart "1957-01-03".
- Florence_P._Dwyer termStart "1967-01-03".
- Florence_P._Dwyer title "Member of the U.S. House of Representatives".
- Florence_P._Dwyer title "from New Jersey's 12th congressional district".
- Florence_P._Dwyer title "from New Jersey's 6th congressional district".