Glenn A. Goodrich Explained

Glenn A. Goodrich
Birth Date:22 February 1925
Birth Place:Orson, Iowa
Death Place:Omaha, Nebraska
Alma Mater:Creighton University
Occupation:Real estate, savings and loan[1]
State Legislature:Nebraska
State:Nebraska
District:20th
Term Start:1971
Term End:1991
Predecessor:Bill K. Bloom
Successor:Jessie Rasmussen

Glenn A. Goodrich (February 22, 1925 – January 23, 2003) was an American politician who represented Nebraska's 20th District, a part of Omaha, in the Nebraska State Legislature from 1971 to 1991.[2] He was elected on November 3, 1970, by a margin of 19 votes over incumbent Bill K. Bloom.[3]

Senator Goodrich was the only member of the Nebraska legislature to oppose a measure to outlaw marital sexual assault introduced by Senator Wally Barnett. Goodrich's position was strongly attacked by Senator Ernie Chambers of Omaha.[4] In spite of Goodrich's opposition, in 1975 Nebraska became the first state in the US to make sexual assault within marriage illegal by statute.[5] Historian Joann M. Ross observed that "Senator Goodrich did not seem to recognize sexual assault as a violent act."

He lost the primary election of 1990.[6] Goodrich died on January 23, 2003, at the age of 77.[7] The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) awards a scholarship named for Senator Goodrich to students who attend only UNO and no other college.[8]

Notes and References

  1. 1970–1971 . Nebraska Blue Book . Biographies and photographs . Nebraska State Government . 256 . November 22, 2020 . October 17, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201017032401/http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/docs/pilot/pubs/LegisBios/leg1970-1971.pdf . live .
  2. State Legislative Branch . Members of Nebraska Unicameral Legislature, 1937-2019 . Nebraska State Government . 387 . November 22, 2020 . February 27, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210227162353/https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/bluebook/267-408.pdf . dead .
  3. News: . Douglas County Vote Counting to be Probed . Lincoln Journal Star . December 4, 1970 . Newspapers.com.
  4. PhD . Making Marital Rape Visible: A History of American Legal and Social Movements Criminalizing Rape in Marriage . Ross . Joann M. . 2015 . University of Nebraska . November 22, 2020 . July 10, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200710141354/https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1085&context=historydiss . live .
  5. McMahon-Howard . Jennifer . Clay-Warner . Jody . Renzulli . Linda . Criminalizing Spousal Rape: The Diffusion of Legal Reforms . Sociological Perspectives . December 2009 . 52 . 4 . 505–531 . 10.1525/sop.2009.52.4.505. 143184817 .
  6. News: . Glenn Goodrich unseated in Omaha . Lincoln Journal Star . May 16, 2020.
  7. News: . Former longtime state lawmaker dies . Lincoln Journal Star . January 26, 2003 . Newspapers.com.
  8. Web site: Goodrich Scholarship Program . . Digital Commons at UNO . University of Nebraska at Omaha . November 22, 2020 . November 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201130085256/https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/goodrich/ . live .

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