Elizabeth Holtzman

Overview

Elizabeth Holtzman born Brooklyn, NY August 11, 1941. Elected 1973 to Congress on anti-Vietnam War platform; youngest woman elected to Congress, age 31; opposed capital punishment and Apartheid; sued Nixon for bombing Cambodia 1973; advocated impeaching Bush for Iraq War.

Quotations

"The people of the world have a right not to see life jeopardized by nuclear holocaust, and that means not only Russian life and American life but all life on this earth." (April 11, 1978, Congressional speech; photo Wikipedia)