July 27, 2013
Michelle and I send our thoughts and prayers to the family and loved ones of Lindy Boggs. Her legacy as a champion of women's and civil rights over her nine terms in office, as the first woman elected to the United States Congress from Louisiana, will continue to inspire generations to come.
Barack Obama, Statement on the Death of Former Representative Corrine C. "Lindy" Boggs Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/304182