Barbara Vucanovich
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich (born June 22, 1921) is an American Republican politician, the first woman to represent Nevada in the United States House of Representatives, where she served from 1983 to 1997.
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“Children are extraordinarily precious members of society; they are exquisitely alert, sensitive, and conscious of their surroundings; and they are extraordinarily vulnerable to maltreatment or emotional abuse by adults who refuse to give them the profound respect and affection to which they are unconditionally entitled.”
—Wisdom of the Elders, quoted in Kids Are Worth It, by Barbara Coloroso, ch. 1 (1994)