Mildred Schwab

Mildred Schwab

Mildred Schwab (January 9, 1917 — c. January 13, 1999) was an attorney and politician from Portland, Oregon in the United States. She served as City Commissioner from 1973 to 1986;[1] she was appointed to fill the vacancy created when Neil Goldschmidt was elected mayor, and was reelected three times.[1] Her brother, Herbert M. Schwab, served on the Oregon Court of Appeals.[1]

She was born to Jewish immigrants and grew up in northeast Portland,[2] at the poor end of lower middle class.[3] She attend Grant High School and the Northwestern School of Business. She was one of the first women to study law, and graduated from Northwestern College of Law (at Lewis & Clark College) in 1939 and qualified for the Oregon Bar. She worked as a lawyer until her appointment to the Portland City Council January 1973.[2]

In 1971, Portland still had two lunch spots closed to women. Schwab organized a sit-in at Perkins' Pub (in the basement of Lipman Wolfe) which succeeded in opening the establishment to women. She also was part of a small group who opened City Club of Portland to women. She was the first woman nominated to be a Portland Rose Festival ambassador (or Royal Rosarian), though she declined the honor.[2]

Part of her time as city commissioner was in charge of the police and fire departments—Portland's equivalent of police commissioner[2]—for which she received great support.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Philip Cogswell. Mildred Schwab in the Oregon Encyclopedia
  2. ^ a b c d "Mildred Schwab". March 26, 2007. http://www.portlandonline.com/omf/index.cfm?a=149247&c=44053. Retrieved 2009-04-02. 
  3. ^ a b Sid Schwab (Mildred's nephew) (April 30, 2008). "Moomump". http://surgeonsblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/moomump.html. Retrieved 2009-04-02. 

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