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Anne K. Batten | |
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Member of the
Vermont House of Representatives from the Hardwick, Vermont district | |
In office 1981–1988 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1932 Long Island, New York |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Politician and Commissioner of the Vermont Commission on Women |
Anne K. Batten (born 1932) is a Vermont politician who was a member of the legislature of Vermont from 1981 to 1988. She also served on the Commission on Women in the State of Vermont in the 1980s. [1] [2] [3] She was a representative of the Hardwick, Vermont area.
Batten was born on July 24, 1932, in Long Island, New York. She attended Turners Falls High School in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.[ citation needed]
Batten was instrumental in proposing legislation that would require the Vermont House to write all its legislation in gender-neutral terms. Batten's belief is that language shapes people and that what you see on a page is sublimely absorbed, and she wants future generations of women, young women, to lead legislation and not see male pronouns throughout all the legislation.[ citation needed] The legislation passed the House and Senate, and the drafting of bills began to be written in gender-neutral terms.[ citation needed]
During her tenure in the Vermont House Legislature, Batten voted for bills related to Act 250,[ citation needed] Vermont's developmental and control law, established in 1970, that provides a public, quasi-judicial process for reviewing and managing the environmental, social and fiscal consequences of major subdivisions and development in Vermont through the issuance of land use permits. Batten also sponsored a bill for a merger of the town and village of Hardwick.[ citation needed] She also sponsored a bill for the protection of the elderly and disabled adults from abuse.[ citation needed]
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Anne K. Batten | |
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Member of the
Vermont House of Representatives from the Hardwick, Vermont district | |
In office 1981–1988 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1932 Long Island, New York |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Politician and Commissioner of the Vermont Commission on Women |
Anne K. Batten (born 1932) is a Vermont politician who was a member of the legislature of Vermont from 1981 to 1988. She also served on the Commission on Women in the State of Vermont in the 1980s. [1] [2] [3] She was a representative of the Hardwick, Vermont area.
Batten was born on July 24, 1932, in Long Island, New York. She attended Turners Falls High School in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.[ citation needed]
Batten was instrumental in proposing legislation that would require the Vermont House to write all its legislation in gender-neutral terms. Batten's belief is that language shapes people and that what you see on a page is sublimely absorbed, and she wants future generations of women, young women, to lead legislation and not see male pronouns throughout all the legislation.[ citation needed] The legislation passed the House and Senate, and the drafting of bills began to be written in gender-neutral terms.[ citation needed]
During her tenure in the Vermont House Legislature, Batten voted for bills related to Act 250,[ citation needed] Vermont's developmental and control law, established in 1970, that provides a public, quasi-judicial process for reviewing and managing the environmental, social and fiscal consequences of major subdivisions and development in Vermont through the issuance of land use permits. Batten also sponsored a bill for a merger of the town and village of Hardwick.[ citation needed] She also sponsored a bill for the protection of the elderly and disabled adults from abuse.[ citation needed]