On August 18, 1962, Pat Schroeder married Jim Schroeder, a Harvard Law School classmate, and moved to Denver, Colorado, where Jim joined a law firm.
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They had two children, Scott William and Jamie Christine. Schroeder worked for the National Labor Relations Board from 1964 to 1966.
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A member of the US Democratic Party, Schroeder was the first female US Representative elected for Colorado. Also while in Congress, she became the first woman to serve on the House Armed Services Committee.
Schroeder sat on the board of The League of Women Voters of Florida. She was also a supporter of the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which advocates for the democratic reformation of the United Nations.


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