Enid Greene
| Enid Greene Mickelsen | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah's 2nd district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Karen Shepherd |
| Succeeded by | Merrill Cook |
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Enid Greene June 5, 1958 San Rafael, California |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Joe Waldholtz (1993-1996 divorce) Scott J. Mickelsen (2008-) |
| Children | 1 |
| Alma mater |
University of Utah Brigham Young University |
| Religion | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) |
Enid Greene Mickelsen, formerly Enid Greene Waldholtz (born June 5, 1958) is a politician from the state of Utah who served one term in the United States House of Representatives. She was the third woman and first Republican woman elected to congress from Utah. Since her retirement in 1997, no woman was elected to Congress from Utah until Mia Love in 2014.
Greene was born in San Rafael, California to naval officer and financier D. Forrest Greene and Gerda Marie Beyer. She graduated from East High School and earned her B.A. from the University of Utah in 1980. She received her law degree from Brigham Young University in 1983.
She worked as a lawyer for software company Novell and then at a Salt Lake City law firm. She was deputy chief of staff for Governor Norman H. Bangerter.
While serving as chair of the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF), Enid met Joe Waldholtz and they were soon in a relationship. Greene ran for the House of Representatives in 1992 against Karen Shepherd for the Utah Second District, which was entirely contained in Salt Lake County at that time, losing by four percentage points.
Greene married Waldholtz in 1993. After her marriage, Greene took the name Enid Greene Waldholtz. During her 1994 rematch against Shepherd, Joe acted as her campaign manager. Her campaign spent approximately $2 million, the most expensive House race in the country that year. Greene was swept into the 104th Congress in the Republican landslide in November. She was named to the House Rules Committee, the first freshman on that committee in over 80 years, and considered to be a potential rising star in the party. In March 1995, she announced she was pregnant. Greene became the second representative to ever give birth while in office (the first being Yvonne Brathwaite Burke) and the first Republican.
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