Former Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, the first Arab American woman in Congress and a political casualty of the 1992 House banking scandal, died on Sept. 13 in Lakewood, Ohio. She was 85. A Democrat from ...

CLEVELAND — As Cleveland's upcoming 2021 mayoral election approaches, the endorsements keep pouring in. On Wednesday, former Cleveland area U.S. Rep. Mary Rose Oakar endorsed Dennis Kucinich in the ...

Whatever happened to Mary Rose Oakar? After losing her bid for a ninth term in Congress in 1992, the then 52-year-old Mary Rose Oakar hardly retired from politics and public service. The former ...

“I am a lifelong resident who cares about the community and I support her as a resident. She has lived in this neighborhood a lot longer than he has. She is her own person and she will do things her ...

Mary Rose Oakar is an American Democratic politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, serving from 1977 to 1993. She was the first Democratic woman elected to ...

OHIO (WJW) – Ohio Congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar, who was the first democratic woman elected to Congress from Ohio, has died. According to a statement from Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) on Sunday, ...

Mary Rose Oakar was a congresswoman representing Ohio’s 20th district from 1977 to 1993. She also served on the Cleveland City Council from 1973 at 1976. Among Oakar’s accomplishments, she spearheaded ...

Three members of Congress who visited Lebanon held a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., Aug. 2, 1982. From left are Reps. Paul McCloskey, R-Calif., Nick Rahall, D-W. Va., and Mary ...

Former Democratic congresswoman Mary Rose Oakar of Cleveland is back in the spotlight a bit with a lawsuit against the Bush administration and an apparently disastrous appearance — I didn’t see it — ...

Mary Rose Oakar, who in 1977 became the first Arab American woman in Congress and a champion of women's rights during her 16 years in the House representing a working-class district of Cleveland, died ...