Year Honored: 2007
Biography
Liane Sorenson served in the Delaware State Legislature for 20 years, two in the House and 18 in the Senate. She held various leadership positions during that time including serving as Minority Whip, as a member of both the Joint Finance Committee and the Capital Bond Bill, and as the Chair of the Delaware Family Law Commission. She also worked at the University of Delaware in the position of Director of the Office of Women’s Affairs and Executive Director of the Commission on the Status of Women.
Nationally, Senator Sorenson served as the Chair of the Women’s Caucus of the American Association of Women in Higher Education and the President of the Women’s Network of the National Conference of State Legislatures. She served on the Board of the Justice Center for the Council of State Governments.
Liane Sorenson has been the recipient of numerous awards including the Kandler Award from the ACLU, and awards from groups including the Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Common Cause, the Delaware Bar Association, the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, and the Delaware Humanities Forum. Senator Sorenson is a co-founder of the Delaware Coalition Against Gun Violence and has served on the Boards of a number of organizations dealing with women’s issues.
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Sources and Additional Readings
Liane Sorenson. Ballotpedia. (n.d.). Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://ballotpedia.org/Liane_Sorenson
Women in business legislative luncheon | nawbo Delaware. (n.d.). Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://www.nawbodelaware.org/civicrm/event/info?id=49&reset=1
- Collections: 2007