Gloria Wilinski Schaffer (born October 3, 1930) is an American politician who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1971 to 1978.

[1] She attended The Williams School and Sarah Lawrence College and ran for the United States Senate in 1976.

Senator in Connecticut but lost by a wide margin to Republican incumbent Lowell Weicker.

[1][3] In 1978, Schaffer was appointed a member of the US Civil Aeronautics Board by President Jimmy Carter.

[3] In 1985, she was appointed a member of the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission by Governor William A. O'Neill, and then was appointed commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Consumer Affairs by Governor Lowell Weicker in 1991.