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{{short description|American politician}}
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 | name               = Janet Dempsey Steiger
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 | office             = Commissioner of the [[Federal Trade Commission]]
 | president          = [[George H.W Bush]]<br>[[Bill Clinton]]
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 | term_start         = August 11, 1989
 | term_end           = September 28, 1997
 | birth_date         = June 10, 1939
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'''Janet Steiger''' (June 10, 1939, in [[Oshkosh, Wisconsin]] – April 3, 2004, in [[Fort Myers, Florida]]) was an American politician.

==Biography==
Steiger graduated from [[Lawrence University]] in [[Appleton, Wisconsin]]. On August 10, 1963, she married [[William A. Steiger]], who was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]].  They had one son, [[William R. Steiger]], who was the subject of controversy for his role in the [[politicization of science]] during the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|George W. Bush administration]].

A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], she was chairman of the [[Postal Regulatory Commission|Postal Rate Commission]] from 1981 to 1989 and [[Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission|chairperson]] of the [[Federal Trade Commission]] from August 11, 1989, to April 11, 1995. She was the first woman to serve as FTC Chair.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/competition-matters/2016/03/celebrating-womens-history-month-ftc|title=Celebrating Women's History Month at the FTC|first1=Lesley|last1=Fair|publisher=FTC Division of Consumer & Business Education|date=March 8, 2016|access-date=February 23, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205030649/https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/blogs/competition-matters/2016/03/celebrating-womens-history-month-ftc|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Federal Trade Commission#List of former commissioners|List of former FTC commissioners]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.abanet.org/antitrust/at-law-student/pdf/about-js.pdf ABA biography]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050519011313/http://www.ftc.gov/os/2004/09/040922commissionerschairmen19152004.pdf Chairpersons and commissioners of the FTC]

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[[Category:1939 births]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]
[[Category:Politicians from Oshkosh, Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Lawrence University alumni]]
[[Category:Federal Trade Commission personnel]]
[[Category:Wisconsin Republicans]]
[[Category:20th-century American women politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Wisconsin politicians]]
[[Category:George H. W. Bush administration personnel]]
[[Category:Clinton administration personnel]]


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