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Show found herself the Rep. Whites walls only are woman. covered with her awards. She served on Social appropriations, standing and appropriations for 14 years, She also served on numerous and garnered many honors for her work. committees other Transportation and Public Safety, including, Consumer affairs, Education, Judiciary, Courts and Corrections, Executive offices, Rules, Management, and because of her many years in leadership positions, she served on Executive Appropriations, Legislative Audit, and on the Patronage Committee. Services the of White passed a lot major legislation including Displaced Homemakers Act, Dept. of Corrections Act, funding for the Citizen Senior on Women and Commission Governors Families, domestic veterans bills laws, concerning many legislation, child the abuse of abused children, violence, elderly, Great Salt Lake, Cosmotology custody,grandparents visitation, amendments, the first recycling law, EMTs, and much legislation surrounding the prison, jails, and other corrections problems. Rep. deal ing wi th She was a of the ERA, and passed bi l Ls sponsor discrimination of women in the following session when the ERA died. She always cognizant of the desires of her constituents in and served on many task forces concerning health costs, hazardous waste, corrections, mental health, courts, adoption, and rural health issues. was Tooele, White was elected to Democratic Convention except served under 3 Governors, and Rep. be for 9 a delegate 1976, Speakers to every from 1964 to of the House. National 1990. She She served as Minori ty and Majori ty Assistant Whips, and member of the Governors Commission of Women for 8 years. as a interests since leaving the House are still politics, giving to encourage women to run for office and her family, that has grown to 13 grandchildren. and in 1992 over 80 women ran for office. Mostly for the legislature. Her speeches responsiblities now consist of revamping this Utah Women in the Legislature book, and writing a book of her own on her 20 years in the legislature. It should be a best seller. Her Rep. White has kept very busy, but finds relaxation driving her car, and traveling. She has been in nearly every state, including Alaska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Mexico, Africa, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, India, and Hong Kong. Over the years, in knitting, "She wants 166 was put a in headstone. participater on her life, not an observer", is what Bev |
