Former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, one of Colorado's most powerful members of the House of Representatives ever died Monday night in Florida where she had been living. She was 82.
Schroeder, a Democrat from Denver, was known as a pioneer in women's and family rights. She had recently suffered a stroke, according to her former press secretary Andrea Camp. She died at a hospital in Celebration, Florida.
In Congress from 1972 to 1997, Schroeder was known for her rapier wit and antics for 24 years, shaking up stodgy government institutions by forcing them to acknowledge that women had a role in government. She coined the term, the "Teflon President" to describe Ronald Reagan.
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