{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/peters-and-stabenow-bill-to-name-baraga-county-post-office-after-first-woman-elected-to-the-michigan-house-of-representatives-heads-to-president-to-be-signed-into-law", "Peters & Stabenow Bill to Name Baraga County Post Office After First Woman Elected to the Michigan House of Representatives Heads to President to be Signed into Law", "2022-11-15", "2022", "2022-11", "Democrat", "Senate", "MI", "Gary C. Peters", "P000595", "www.peters.senate.gov", "garypeters", "https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Debbie Stabenow (MI) to designate the post office located at 404 US-41 North in Baraga County, Michigan as the \u201cCora Reynolds Anderson Post Office,\u201d has passed the House. Cora Reynolds Anderson, a member of the Ojibwa tribe, was the first woman elected to the Michigan House of Representatives and represented parts of Baraga County. She was also the first Native American woman elected to serve in any state legislature. The legislation, which passed the Senate in September, now heads to the President\u2019s desk to be signed into law.\n\n\u201cCora Reynolds Anderson was a dedicated public servant, educator, and advocate who improved lives all across the Upper Peninsula,\u201d said Senator Peters. \u201cThis legislation will help honor her legacy as a barrier-breaking leader for Michigan and the first Native American woman to serve in any state legislature.\u201d\n\n\u201cCora Reynolds Anderson is such an important part of Michigan\u2019s history. As the first woman elected to the Michigan House of Representatives \u2013 and the first Native American woman to serve in any state legislature \u2013 she paved the way for so many women, including me, to hold public office. Naming this post office in the county she represented after her is one special way that Michiganders can honor and remember her for generations to come,\u201d said Senator Stabenow.\n\nPhotograph of Cora Reynolds Anderson as published in the Mining Journal.\n\nCora Reynolds Anderson was born in L\u2019Anse, Michigan in 1882. She was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1925 where she represented Baraga, Iron, Keweenaw, and Ontonagon Counties. While serving in Michigan\u2019s Legislature, she chaired the Industrial Home for Girls Committee and served on the Committees for Agriculture, Insurance, and the Northern State Normal School. Her work included fighting to recognize Native American fishing rights and combatting the alcoholism and tuberculosis epidemics. In 2001, she was inducted into the Michigan Women\u2019s Hall of Fame for her contributions to society.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:24:37Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.peters.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/peters-and-stabenow-bill-to-name-baraga-county-post-office-after-first-woman-elected-to-the-michigan-house-of-representatives-heads-to-president-to-be-signed-into-law"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9894359391182661, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}