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Rodger Mell Smitherman is a Democratic member of the Alabama Senate,representing the 18th District since 1994. He is also a member of the Alabama Sentencing Commission. Smitherman was elected President Pro Tempore of the Alabama Senate on February 5,2009. He is a graduate of the University of Montevallo and Miles Law School.
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Minnie Steckel was an American teacher,psychologist,clubwoman,and an activist involved in the women's poll tax repeal movement. Steckel began her career as a school teacher and worked her way up to school principal,superintendent and school psychologist,earning her bachelor's,master's and PhD degrees. From 1932 until her death in 1952,she was the dean of women and counselor at Alabama College. She served as president of the local Montevallo chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) from 1937 to 1939,as president of the state chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Foundation and treasurer of the state chapter of the AAUW in 1951.
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