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Mary Rose Oakar

American politician

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born
1940
died
2025
age at death
85
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1940 – 2025

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Mary Rose Oakar was an American Democratic politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, serving from 1977 to 1993. Oakar was the first Arab American woman, first Syrian American, and first Lebanese American woman to serve in Congress. She was also the first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from that state. Oakar later served as a member of the Ohio State Board of Education.

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