“This is a civil rights bill. It is not a bill for the people of one color or another. It is a bill for all the people.”

— Martha Griffiths

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About Martha Griffiths

Politician • American

Martha Wright Griffiths was a pioneering American lawyer, judge, and politician from the state of Michigan. Serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1955 to 1974, she became the first woman to serve on the...

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