Lois Herr
Lois Kathryn Herr | |
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Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 16th District |
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Election date November 2, 2010 |
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Opponent(s) | Joseph R. Pitts (R) |
Incumbent | Joseph R. Pitts |
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Born | Hershey, Pennsylvania |
December 23, 1941
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania |
Profession | marketing and public affairs, author |
Lois Kathryn Herr (born December 23, 1941) is a progressive activist living in Pennsylvania. While working at AT&T she was leader fighting for equal rights for women in the workplace.[1] A Democrat, she ran for U.S. Representative for in Pennsylvania's 16th congressional district in 2004, 2006 and 2010.[2] In 2013, she was elected to the Borough Council of Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania, and took office in 2014.[3]
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Early life and education and career
Herr was born in Hershey, Pennsylvania.[4] She graduated from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania, received a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from Fordham University.[4]
Herr's first full-time job, in 1963, was as a seventh grade English teacher in Middletown Township, New Jersey. The following year she began working at Bell Laboratories. She held various senior management positions with NYNEX, AT&T, New York Telephone and Bell Laboratories through 1990, working in line operations, sales and marketing, government relations, corporate planning and finance. She gradually became aware that women at AT&T did not receive the same benefits as men, and that there were some jobs which were closed to women. Following a 1970 sex discrimination suit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Herr and other women at AT&T worked within the corporation for equal rights for women. AT&T settled the suit in 1973.[5]
She also served as a Presidential Interexchange Executive, working under President Gerald Ford in the White House Office of Management and Budget. Herr has been scholar-in-residence at Elizabethtown College, taught in their Business Department and Center for Continuing Education and also served as Director of Marketing and Public Affairs.[6] Herr now serves on several boards, including the Greystone Manor Therapeutic Riding Center and the Veteran Feminists of America.
Publications
Herr's first book, Women, Power and AT&T: Winning Rights in the Workplace, was published in 2002 by Northeastern University Press . According to WorldCat, it is held in 488 libraries.[7] Her second book, Dear Coach: Letters Home from World War II, was published in 2009, based on over 200 letters sent to her father, Coach Ira Herr, from men and women serving in the war.[8]
Political career
Herr previously served as the Executive Director of the Lancaster County Democratic Committee and was both a local and a state committeeperson in the Pennsylvania Democratic Party and a member of the National Organization for Women.[9]
Political campaigns
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Herr ran for the US Congressional seat held by Republican Joseph R. Pitts in 2004, 2006 and 2010. She was defeated in each election by the incumbent.[6][10]
Electoral history
Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | Third Party | Votes | Pct | ||||
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2004 | Lois Herr | 98,410 | 34.5% | Joe Pitts | 183,620 | 64.4% | William Hagen | 3,269 | 1.25 | ||||
2006 | Lois Herr | 80,915 | 39.6% | Joe Pitts | 115,741 | 56.6% | John Murphy | 7,958 | 3.9% | ||||
2010 | Lois Herr | 70,994 | 34.6% | Joe Pitts | 134,113 | 65.4% |
In 2013, Herr was elected to the Mount Gretna Borough Council as a nominee of the Democratic Party. Herr got 57 votes, defeating Republican nominee Angela Shea, who had 32 votes.[12]
Personal life
Herr is a native of Hershey, Pennsylvania and currently resides in Mount Gretna.
Works
- Lois, Kathryn Herr, Women, Power and AT&T: Winning Rights in the Workplace, Northeastern (December 12, 2002), ISBN 978-1-55553-537-7
- Lois, Kathryn Herr, Dear Coach: Letters Home from World War II, (August 10, 2009), ISBN 978-0-615-30230-0
References
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