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Rosalie Silber Abrams

Rosalie Silber Abrams (June 2, 1916 — February 27, 2009 ) was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates (1967–70) and Maryland State Senate (1970-84). She was the first female and Jewish majority leader of the state Senate (1978–82). Appointed by Gov. Harry Hughes, Abrams headed the Maryland Office on Aging (now Department of Aging) from 1983 until retiring in 1996.

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Early Life

Other Career:

Abrams worked for Silber Bakery, the family business and as a nurse before entering the House of Delegates

Maryland House of Delegates:

Quote: “I was a very good legislator—very effective and aggressive. My first year in the House of Delegates, one of the men said to me, ‘You know, when you get up to speak, we forget you are a woman.’”

from Jewish Women's Archive. "Senator Rosalie Silber Abrams." (Viewed on January 2, 2020) < https://jwa.org/communitystories/baltimore/narrators/abrams-rosalie-silber >.

Known for being the first woman elected to House of Delegates and first woman elected as majority leader of the state Senate as well as being the first woman on several committees

Legislation

https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/html/abrams.html