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...when the family real estate interest had risen considerably and she received a belated inheritance from her mother, she left Vogue to take up the leisure activities women of her upbringing found time to indulge in. But a life of needlepoint, bridge and gardening couldn't satisfy Millicent Fenwick; she took up local politics with a vengeance, volunteering her services to Clifford Case's bid for the Senate and service as vice chairman of the state Republican party...
...that's the way I've always thought about men," Fenwick shot back. "I just hope for your sake that you haven't been disappointed as often as I have...
...even workaholic Fenwick wasn't quite prepared for a Congressman's workload. "I had no idea, no inkling, as to the scope and complexity of the job," she says now. "I had no idea that the mail would be so heavy, that there was this special responsibility of righting wrongs and easing the sufferings of individuals. There is no question that this is the busiest thing I've ever done. When I get home at night, I just have time to eat my spaghetti...
...conscience, it appears, is about the only thing that guides her voting. Certainly it is not her party label, because Fenwick's record bears little resemblance to the official Republican position. In fact, the liberal Americans for Democratic Action give her a higher approval rating than the Conservative Americans for Democratic Action give her a higher approval rating than the Conservative Americans for Constitutional Action. She has voted against the B-1 bomber, increased defense spending, and a measure to scuttle ratification of the ERA. She supported former President Jimmy Carter's human rights policy and worries about Reagan...
...imagine living like that," Fenwick says. It would make me so nervous, giving that kind of power to someone else. Into whose hands do you commit your conscience...