Mary Lou Munts
Mary Lou (Rogers) Munts (August 21, 1924 – December 22, 2013) was an American Democratic politician[1] and lawyer from Wisconsin.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Munts graduated from Swarthmore College. She received her master's degree in economics from the University of Chicago and then her law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School. From 1973 until 1985, Munts served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from Madison, Wisconsin.[2][3] Munts was instrumental in securing the passage of Wisconsin's Marital Property Act (1986).[1] In 1992, Munts was elected to the Common Cause National Governing Board and became a member of Common Cause Wisconsin shortly thereafter.
In 1984, Munts was appointed to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin and became chairman of the commission in 1986. In 1995, Munts became the Co-Chair of Common Cause Wisconsin with former moderate Republican strategist Bill Kraus. She advocated for stronger campaign finance reform and stronger ethics legislation—including the prosecution for felony misconduct in public office of Wisconsin legislative leaders Scott Jensen, Chuck Chvala, Brian Burke, and Steven Foti during the infamous 2001-2002 Wisconsin Legislative Caucus Scandal. She retired from the CC/WI Board in 2005. Mary Lou Munts is remembered as one of the most effective and admired Dane County state legislators and public figures. Munts died on December 22, 2013 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania.[4]
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- ^ "Political Women: Canned Isn't Enough". York Daily Record. December 7, 1983. p. 7. Retrieved May 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Mary Lou Munts, Wisconsin Historical Society
- ^ Mary Lou Munts Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mary Lou Munts-As A Wisconsin Legislator, Mary Lou Munts was "queen of consensus," Milwaukee Sentinel Journal, Jan Ubelherr, January 9, 2014.
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