Cheryl C. Kagan papers
Collection
0214-MDHC
Cheryl C. Kagan was a delegate (Democrat) to the Maryland General Assembly representing the 17th District of Montgomery County. During her legislative career, Cheryl Kagan made women's rights, consumer protection, education and ethics some of her top priorities, and sponsored bills focusing on election law, emergency care for survivors of rape, health insurance for in-vitro fertilization, privacy, and condominiums. The files consist of correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases, and subject files. This collection is unprocessed, although a preliminary inventory is available.
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14 Linear Feet
The Cheryl C. Kagan Papers date from 1980 to 2002, with the bulk of the material dating from 1994 to 2002. The collection consists of memoranda, correspondence, pamphlets, publications, clippings, bills, press releases, and other documents created in the course of Delegate Kagan’s term as a Maryland legislator. There are also a few items of memorabilia. The material in this collection covers such topics as emergency contraception, election law, campaign finance, emergency care for survivors of rape, health insurance for in-vitro fertilization, privacy rights, condominium law, gun control, public health, education, and transportation.
Cheryl C. Kagan was a delegate to the Maryland General Assembly representing the 17th District of Montgomery County as a member of the Democratic Party. She was born in Washington, D.C. in 1961 and attended school in Montgomery County, MD. She graduated from Vassar College in 1981 with an A.B. in political science and attended the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland, College Park. She served as Director of Development for the National Women's Political Caucus from 1986-1987, Executive Director for Independent Action from 1989-1991, and as Chief of Staff to U. S. Representative John Cox of Illinois from 1991-1992. She was also a lobbyist for Handgun Control, Inc. (now Brady Center to Prevent Handgun Violence) in 1991 and 1993.
Cheryl Kagan was elected to the House of Delegates in 1993 and served from 1994 to 2003. While a member, she sponsored bills focusing on election law, emergency care for survivors of rape, health insurance for in-vitro fertilization, privacy rights, condominium law, and several other issues. While a delegate, she also served as a substitute teacher for Montgomery County Public Schools from 1995-1999.
After her time in the House of Delegates, Cheryl Kagan served as Executive Director of the Carl M. Freeman Foundation through 2007. She also served as a professor at Montgomery College and on the Board of Advisors for the Universities at Shady Grove. She remained active in the Democratic Party and in other civic activities. In 2010 she ran for and lost a District 17 seat in the Maryland Senate against incumbent Jennie M. Forehand.
Notable individuals with whom Delegate Kagan corresponded include General Colin Powell, Maryland Governor Paris Glendenning, Maryland Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and Dr. John S. Toll, President of Washington College, later Chancellor of the University System of Maryland.
The Cheryl C. Kagan Papers are arranged into 7 series:
Cheryl C. Kagan donated her papers to the University of Maryland Libraries in 2002.
A box-level inventory and general abstract for the collection was created and kept with the processing file. A preliminary folder-level inventory, abstract and processing plan was created in February 2011 by Allison C. Heinbaugh and Brent G. Dockter. Duplicate material was discarded and metal paper clips, rusty staples, adhesive tapes, and any other unnecessary paraphernalia were removed. Materials were placed into acid-free folders then boxed and labeled for shelving.
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