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Susan Catania Susan Catania (born December 10, 1941) is a retired Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 22nd District from 1972 to 1982

Political Career Catania was first elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1971, and assumed office in January 1972. She represented the 22nd District in Chicago which includes the communities of South Commons,

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Equal Rights Amendment

Gay Rights Catania was the first sponsor of gay rights legislation in the Illinois House

Civil Rights

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Family Catania is married to Anthony Catania, with whom she has seven daughters and thirteen grandchildren.

Ref: Chicago Tribune, Jan. 1, 1989; Perks for Moms Who Breast-feed, Deborah Leigh Wood ttp://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-01-01/features/8902220188_1_breast-feeding-la-leche-league-mothers

Ref:ChicagoPride.com, Sukie de la Croix, http://chicago.gopride.com/entertainment/column/index.cfm/col/1793 In 1986: "Gay businessman Ted Hoerl, owner of Opal Station gay bar, hosts a reception for Cook County Commissioner candidate Susan Catania. A former State Representative from the near South Side, Catania was the first sponsor of gay rights legislation in the Illinois House. The reception is held at the Bushes, 3320 N. Halsted."

Ref: Susan Catania Memoir -- Illinois Digital Archives,University of Illinois at Springfield Norris L. Brookens Library Archives/Special Collection

Ref: Chicago Magazine, February 1985 The Outsider: South Side Republican Susan Catania has made a career of alienating party officials. Can her unorthodox ways get her elected mayor? Alfredo S. Lanier http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/1982-2000-1982/February-1985-Table-of-Contents/

Ref: People Magazine, February 27, 1978, vol. 9, No. 8; For State Rep. Susan Catania, 'Time for a Change' Is More Than a Slogan http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20070283,00.html

Ref: Celebrating Gains of the ERA Effort http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-08-26/features/9003120258_1_equal-rights-amendment-suffrage-male-dominated "Despite its failure, the fight had some lasting effects. Child care, domestic violence, sexual assault and family leave had never been raised as issues in the Illinois legislature before the Equal Rights Amendment was considered, recalls Susan Catania, a former Republican legislator from Chicago." ``Male politicians now look at the polls and decide they can`t risk alienating women,`` Catania says. ``Now that more women than ever are working outside the home, their husbands, their fathers, sometimes even their sons, are as angry as the women themselves when women don`t get equal pay for equal work, or don`t get equal promotions. There is more economic interdependence among men and women in families than there has been in the past.``