Mr. Speaker. I rise today to congratulate and recognize Polk County (Iowa) Supervisor Angela Connolly for being honored as a 2016 Iowa Womens Hall of Fame recipient by the Iowa Commission on the Status of Women. Angela Connolly. a native Iowan. was born to secondgeneration Italian immigrants and cultivated a strong work ethic at her parents small Italian restaurant. She attended college in Kansas. returning to Iowa and marrying her husband. Tom. raising three children and overseeing the development of the next generation with four grandchildren. Ms. Connolly began her career in the Polk County Public Works Department. working for nearly 20 years before being elected a Polk County Supervisor in 1998.
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