90 Pound Suburban Housewife (Driving in Her SUV) was the song that became the anthem of
fossil fuel conscious environmentalists in 2006. Written by Rozanne Gates and Suzanne Sheridan of Westport, Connecticut, 90 Pound Suburban Housewife offered social comment on the trend of American housewives driving large
SUV in the midst of environmental concerns and raising oil prices.
Interest in the song was spurred when it was played on the
National Public Radio show
Car Talk in January 2006. The song garnered attention from local press and national media such as
The Today Show,
CNN,
Associated Press coverage and radio play on stations throughout the United States.
Gates, an actor's agent for 25 years, was the advocate of acting notables such as
Edward Norton,
Bronson Pinchot,
Christopher Noth, and
Joe Mantegna. Gates' community involvement includes executive positions at the , dedicated to helping young actors in the memory of actors
Lynne Thigpen and Bobo Lewis and .
Sheridan's career has spanned diverse areas of the arts: a musician, vocalist and photographer. In 1975 she won a
Clio Award for her vocals on a
Pepsi jingle. Sheridan also wrote music for the
PBS show
The Electric Company. Sheridan works as a photographer from her
Westport, Connecticut studio, Suzanne Sheridan Photography.
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