Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 3884) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 U.S. Highway 41 North in Baraga, Michigan, as the…
Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (S. 3884) to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 U.S. Highway 41 North in Baraga, Michigan, as the ``Cora Reynolds Anderson Post Office''.
Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this measure.
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 3884, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 404 U.S. Highway 41 North in Baraga, Michigan, as the Cora Reynolds Anderson Post Office.
Ms. Cora Reynolds Anderson was born in L'Anse, Michigan, on April 10, 1882, and was a member of the Ojibwa Native American Tribe. She attended public school in the Upper Peninsula and the Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas, where she received her teacher's diploma. After graduating, she came back and taught at the Zeba Mission in the Upper Peninsula.
Ms. Anderson organized the first public health service in Baraga County, Michigan, and helped secure their first public health nurse.
In 1924, she became the first woman elected to the Michigan House of Representatives and the first Native American woman elected to serve in a State legislature. Her election came only 4 years after women were granted the right to vote.
During her term in office, Ms. Anderson chaired the Industrial Home for Girls Committee and was on multiple committees, including Agriculture, Insurance, and the Northern State Normal School.
She was an advocate for public health, primarily focused on fighting against alcoholism and tuberculosis. She also fought to recognize Native American fishing rights on Huron Bay.
After her tenure as a representative, Ms. Anderson served as an officer for the Upper Peninsula in the Michigan State Grange. In 2000, the Michigan House of Representatives named the new house office building in Lansing in her honor. She was also inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2001.
Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues to join me in honoring Ms. Anderson by naming a post office in Baraga, Michigan, after her, and I reserve the balance of my time.
Mr. Speaker, I urge passage of S. 3884, and I yield back the balance of my time.
