Claudine Schneider
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Claudine Schneider (born March 25, 1947) is a former Republican U.S. Representative from Rhode Island. She was the first and to date only woman elected to Congress from Rhode Island.
Born Claudine Cmarada in Clairton, Pennsylvania, Schneider attended parochial schools. She studied at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and Rosemont College (Pennsylvania). She obtained a B.A. degree from Windham College (Vermont) in 1969. She also attended the University of Rhode Island School of Community Planning.
She was the founder of the Rhode Island Committee on Energy in 1973, and was appointed executive director of the Conservation Law Foundation in 1974. She became Federal coordinator of Rhode Island Coastal Zone Management Program in 1978. She worked as a producer and host of a public affairs television program in Providence from 1978 to 1979.
Schneider was elected as a Republican to the 97th Congress and was re-elected to the four succeeding Congresses, serving from January 3, 1981 to January 3, 1991 for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district.
She did not stand for re-election in 1990 to the 102nd Congress but was an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Senate.
She served as a member of the faculty of the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University.
She is a resident of Narragansett, Rhode Island.
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| Preceded by Edward Beard |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district 1981–1991 |
Succeeded by Jack Reed |
