Alice Clausing [SEP] position held
Alice Clausing
Alice Clausing is a former member of the Wisconsin State Senate.
Biography.
Clausing was born on June 7, 1944, in Port Washington, Wisconsin. She graduated from Port Washington High School in 1962. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She was an educator and business owner. She married Howard F. Clausing of Port Washington in 1966 and their two children were born in Port Washington.
Career.
Clausing was first elected to
co-author of two books and many articles, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.
Early life and education.
She was born Elnora Clausing in 1934 in Ottumwa, Iowa. She is the youngest of four children of Otto Herman Clausing (1895–1960), a manufacturer, and his wife Alice (née Stark) (1896–1978). The family was German-American and had a strong work ethic. Her father believed that girls could do the same work as boys, and