Carnahan To Give Keynote Address For St. Charles Women’s Coalition
Senator Jean Carnahan will give the keynote address at a dinner sponsored by the St. Charles Women’s Coalition on April 14 at the Stegton Regency Banquet Center, 1450 Wall Street, St. Charles. A social hour and cash bar will be at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the speech at 7 p.m. Carnahan will sign copies of her autobiography entitled “Don’t Let the Fire Go Out” highlighting her service in the U.S. Senate. The books will be available for purchase.
The cost for the dinner is $20. Seating will be limited. For reservations, mail a check payable to “SCWC”, postmarked no later than April 8 and mail to P.O. Box 873, St. Peters, MO 63376. For information, call 636-947-9133, 314-477-5526 or 636-447-5071.
Carnahan was appointed to take her husband’s place in Washington after Governor Mel Carnahan was killed in an airplane crash three weeks before the election in 2000. During her two years in Washington she was a leading advocate for working families. She introduced the “Informed Investors Act” that passed into law and required corporations to make swift electronic reporting of insider trading. She also secured an extension of health care benefits for returning reservists and National Guard Personal. She was the fifth woman to serve on the prestigious Armed Services Committee.
In last year’s election Carnahan’s son Russ was elected to the Third U.S. Congressional District seat vacated by Richard Gephardt. Her daughter Robin Carnahan was elected Missouri Secretary of State.
Jean Carnahan is the author of four books. She lives in St. Louis where she writes, gives speeches and is a political activist.
