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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New Jersey FENWICK, Millicent Hammond(1910—1992)FENWICK, Millicent Hammond, a Representative from New Jersey; born in New York City, February 25, 1910; attended Foxcroft School, Middleburg, Va., 1923-1925; attended Columbia University and New School for Social Research in New York City, 1933, 1942; held position of associate editor in New York publications firm, 1938-1952; member, board of education, Bernardsville (N.J.), 1938-1947, and Borough Council, 1958-1964; member, New Jersey Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1958-1974; member, New Jersey general assembly, 1970-1973; served as director of New Jersey Consumer Affairs, 1973-1974; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1983); was not a candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate; United States representative, with rank of ambassador, to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, June 13, 1983, to March 1987; was a resident of Bernardsville, N.J., until her death there on September 16, 1992. Fenwick, Millicent. Speaking Up. Foreword by Norman Cousins. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1982. ———. Vogue’s Book of Etiquette: A Complete Guide to Traditional Forms and Modern Usage. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1948. “Millicent Hammond Fenwick” in Women in Congress, 1917-1990. Prepared under the direction of the Commission on the Bicentenary by the Office of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991. Schapiro, Amy. Millicent Fenwick: Her Way . New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 2003. Tomlinson, Barbara J. “Making Their Way: A Study of New Jersey Congresswomen, 1924-1994.” Ph.D. diss., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick, 1996. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Nomination of Hon. Millicent Fenwick: Hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-eighth Congress, first session, on the nomination of Hon. Millicent Fenwick, of New Jersey, for the rank of Ambassador, July 20, 1983. 98th Cong., 1st sess., 1983. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1983. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present |
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