AJR112,1,42 Whereas, Mary Lou (Rogers) Munts served six terms in the Wisconsin State
3Assembly from 1973 to 1984 and was a leader in advancing the role of female
4lawmakers and women in the state of Wisconsin; and

AJR112,1,105 Whereas, Mary Lou Rogers was born on August 21, 1924, in Chicago, Illinois;
6attended Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania; took a leave of absence to work on
7the congressional campaign of Vernon O'Rourke; completed her undergraduate
8studies and earned a master's degree in economics at the University of Chicago in
91947; and earned a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1976;
10and

AJR112,1,1211 Whereas, Mary Lou Rogers married Raymond Munts in 1947 and together they
12had four children; and

AJR112,1,1413 Whereas, she took part as an activist in critical times throughout United States
14history, such as the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War protests; and

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1Whereas, Mary Lou Munts ran for the State Assembly to be a citizens' lobbyist
2and public interest legislator and became just that; and

AJR112,2,73 Whereas, during her tenure in the State Assembly she authored and passed the
4Protective Services Act to defend the rights of people with disabilities; the Mental
5Health Act to extend rights, services, and protections to people who struggled to get
6care; and legislation to reform the state's marital property law by giving men and
7women the same claims to property in a marriage; and

AJR112,2,108 Whereas, Mary Lou Munts chaired the Assembly Committee on Environmental
9Quality and wrote groundbreaking legislation on the siting of power plants, water
10quality, and recycling; and

AJR112,2,1311 Whereas, Mary Lou Munts was the first woman to co-chair the legislature's
12powerful Joint Committee on Finance and the first woman to oversee the Public
13Service Commission; and

AJR112,2,1614 Whereas, Mary Lou Munts was widely known for her bipartisan work, her
15ability to "find consensus when others wouldn't even make a stab at it," and her
16infallible energy; and

AJR112,2,1817 Whereas, Mary Lou Munts passed away December 22, 2013, at the age of 89;
18now, therefore, be it