Contributor biographical information for Women in Congress, 1917-2006 / prepared under the direction of the Committee on House Administration of the U.S. House of Representatives, by the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives.
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Matt Wasniewski is historian and publications manager in the Office of History & Preservation, U.S. House of Representatives. Matt earned his Ph.D. in U.S. history from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2004--writing a dissertation on the newspaper columnist Walter Lippmann and his criticisms of U.S. Cold War policy. Before joining the Office of History & Preservation, he was the associate historian and communications director at the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. He also has worked as a sports writer and editor for a northern Virginia weekly newspaper.
This resource is authorized by a U.S. House resoultion, and researched and written by the Office of History Preservation in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Women in Congress is the first in an official four-part series about minorities who have served in Congress. Future volumes will profile African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asina-Pacific Islander Americans who have served in Congress.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
United States. -- Congress -- Biography.
Women legislators -- United States -- Biography.