Peggy Rosson

Margaret Ann "Peggy" Rosson (; born April 11, 1935) was an American politician. She was a chairman of the Public Utility Commission of Texas from 1985 to 1987, and later served in the Texas Senate from 1991 to 1997.

Early life, education, and career Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Rosson graduated from George Washington High School in Indianapolis in 1952, and moved to El Paso, Texas, in 1954, "where she worked as a paralegal and businesswoman before launching a career in public service that earned her accolades from environmentalists, consumer advocates, and women across Texas". She worked for a time as a paralegal, from which she retired in 1977, and later as a director of the Bank of the West in El Paso.

Public Utility Commission of Texas In 1983, Governor Mark White appointed Rosson to the Public Utility Commission of Texas, making her the first women to serve on the commission. She resigned from the commission later that year, and from 1987 to 1991, she "applied her expertise in utilities to representing the Office of the Attorney General on the State Cogeneration Council". Serving in Texas Senate, District 29, she was the first women elected to represent El Paso in the Texas Senate. She was reelected again in the subsequent election, and retired from the state senate in 1997. While in office, she defended both gun ownership rights and abortion rights.