Second Spouses
For much of American history, the spouse of the Vice President of the United States did not maintain a prominent...
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Colleen Shogan joined the Association in the winter of 2020 after almost fifteen years of federal government service. She previously worked in the United States Senate and as a senior executive at the Library of Congress. Colleen served as the Vice Chair of the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission and teaches at Georgetown University in the Government Department. Her research focuses on the American presidency, presidential rhetoric, women in politics, and Congress. A native of Pittsburgh, she holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Boston College and a Ph.D. in American Politics from Yale University. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Order of the Cross and Crown, and the United States Capitol Historical Society’s Council of Scholars.
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