Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Woolsey, Lynn C.
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- One hundred and seventy linear feet, 116 boxes
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Lynn Woolsey Congressional papers. Sonoma State University Library
Background
- Scope and content:
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The papers include legislative research, introduced and passed bills, speeches, manuscripts, awards, and visual media documenting years of committed service to Sonoma and Marin counties. The materials are organized in a total of 116 boxes.
- Biographical / historical:
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In 2013, the Honorable Lynn C. Woolsey, retired representative for California's Sixth Congressional District, donated her official papers to the Sonoma State University Library. During her tenure in the House of Representatives (1993–2013), Lynn Woolsey championed causes related to the environment, women, children, diversity, education, workers' rights, civil rights, and world peace. Lynn C. Woolsey was born to John and Lynn Robinson in Seattle, Washington in 1937. She spent much of her adolescence living in Seattle, Washington. After receiving her high school diploma, Ms. Woolsey attended the University of Washington (1955-1957). She left school to marry Terry J. Critchett and the couple settled in Northern California in 1958. They had three children before the marriage ended in 1967. Subsequently, Ms. Woolsey found a secretarial job at Harris Digital Telephone Systems, a local high tech company but was forced to accept welfare assistance to support herself and her children. She worked her way up the company ladder to become a human resources manager and, in 1980, she founded Woolsey Personnel Services. Lynn Woolsey married David C. Woolsey in 1971 and give birth to her fourth child. When the marriage ended, Lynn Woolsey returned to higher education, attending the University of San Francisco, where she received her Bachelor of Science in human resources and organizational behavior. Lynn Woolsey first entered politics in 1984 by winning a seat on the city council of Petaluma, in Sonoma County. She would serve on Petaluma’s city council until 1992, holding the post of vice mayor for her last year. In 1992, she was elected to the House of Representatives, filling five-term incumbent Representative Barbara Boxer’s seat. Lynn Woolsey represented California’s sixth district, which consists of Marin and Sonoma counties. At the end of the 112th Congress, in 2013, Lynn Woolsey retired.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Woolsey, Lynn C., 1937-.
House of Representatives (U.S.)
United States Congress.
Woolsey, Lynn, 1937-
Woolsey, Lynn C., 1937-
Marin County (Calif.)
Sonoma County (Calif.) - Names:
- Woolsey, Lynn C.
- Places:
- Marin County (Calif.)
Sonoma County (Calif.)
Washington (D.C.)
Washington (DC)
Santa Rosa (Calif.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research by appointment
- Terms of access:
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The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.
- Preferred citation:
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Lynn Woolsey Congressional papers. Sonoma State University Library
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections1801 E. Cotati AvenueRohnert Park, CA 94928, US
- Contact:
- (707) 664-4152