(Dem.), 10th Assembly District Born Belzoni, MS, Jan. 10, 1937; 4 children. Grad. Milw. North Div. H.S.; attended Milw. Area Tech. College 1971-73; B.S. UW-Milwaukee 1975. Full-time legislator. Former mental health assistant, counselor, cashier/clerk, keypunch operator, typist. Lectured at Harvard, Yale, Marquette, Stanford, Johns Hopkins, and Minnesota Universities. Appeared on CBS's 60 Minutes, NBC's Today, ABC's World News, and PBS's McNeil-Lehrer Report. Awards: Education Week Faces of the 20th Century; UW-Milwaukee Lifetime Achievement Award 1998; New York Times - one of 13 innovators who changed education in the 20th century; UW-Milwaukee Alumni Assn.'s Distinguished Alumnus 1994; National Black Caucus of State Legislators President's Award for Distinguished Service 1990. Received presidential invitation to White House Conference on Parental Choice, Jan. 1989. Auckland Inst. of Technology 1993 Visiting Fellow, Auckland, New Zealand; Scholar in Residence, National Alliance of Black School Educators 1996. Elected to Assembly since 1980. Longest serving woman legislator in either house. Author of nation's first parents education choice legislation. Biennial committee assignments: 2003 - Education (also 2001); Education Reform (since 1999); Financial Institutions. 2001 - Census and Redistricting (ranking minority mbr. eff. 5/16/01, also 1999). 1999 - State Affairs; Urban and Local Affairs (also 1997); Education Comn. of the States (since 1995). Telephone: Office: (608) 266- 0960; District: (414) 374-7474; E-mail address: Rep.WilliamsA@legis.state.wi.us Voting address: 3927 North 16th Street, Milwaukee 53206. Mailing address: Office: Room 113 North, State Capitol, P.O. Box 8953, Madison 53708.Learn More
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