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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: American Association of University Women, politicians</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 320,919 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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Adkins — of Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WI-lived.html">Wicomico County</a>, Md. Born in Salisbury, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WI-born.html">Wicomico County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/08-24.html">August 24, 1906</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">Dean of Women</a>, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., 1934-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">Dean of Residence</a>, Bradford Junior College, Bradford, Mass., 1942-46; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MD.html">Republican National Committee from Maryland</a>, 1948-58; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MD.html">1956</a> (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/speakers.html">speaker</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/MD.html">1960</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-lambda-theta.html">Pi Lambda Theta</a>. Died in Oxford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/TA-died.html">Talbot County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/01-14.html">January 14, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 143 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/WI-buried.html#cms01171">Parsons Cemetery</a>, Salisbury, Md. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Edna May (Sheppard) Adkins and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#620.19.58">Frederick Paul Adkins</a>; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#300.46.88">Elijah Dale Adkins</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adamske-aedanus.html#306.79.93">Elijah Dale Adkins Jr.</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white9.html#574.61.24">Wallace Henry White</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white1.html#924.76.92">Arthur Percival White</a>; second cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white3.html#778.27.72">Edward Homer White Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tilghman.html#240.71.08">Merrill Henry Tilghman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10400.html">White-Dennis-Adkins family</a> of Maryland.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6378374">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=DQ4WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA266"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/038/38.23.jpg" width=70 height=93 border=0 alt="Florence Ellinwood Allen"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) — also known as Florence E. Allen — of Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-lived.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio; Columbus, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/FR-lived.html">Franklin County</a>, Ohio. Born in Salt Lake City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/SL-born.html">Salt Lake County</a>, Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-23.html">March 23, 1884</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1921-22; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/spju.html">justice of Ohio state supreme court</a>, 1922-34; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Ohio</a>, 1926; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 1934-59; took senior status 1959. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/congregationalist.html">Congregationalist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-beta-pi.html">Kappa Beta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>. Inducted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/natl-womens-hof.html">National Women's Hall of Fame</a>, 2005. Died in Cleveland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CU-died.html">Cuyahoga County</a>, Ohio, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1966/09-12.html">September 12, 1966</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 173 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LA-buried.html# ">Waite Hill Village Cemetery</a>, Waite Hill, Ohio. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen2.html#140.26.31">Clarence Emir Allen</a> and Corinne Marie (Tuckerman) Allen.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=28&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence Ellinwood Allen">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/75319381">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/florence-ellinwood-allen/">National Women's Hall of Fame</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio (1921)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Eugenie Moore Anderson (1909-1997) — also known as Eugenie Anderson; Helen Eugenie Moore; Mrs. John P. Anderson — of Red Wing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/GO-lived.html">Goodhue County</a>, Minn. Born in Adair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/AD-born.html">Adair County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/05-26.html">May 26, 1909</a>. Democrat. Vice-chair of Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, 1946-49; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MN.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MN.html">1960</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MN.html">Democratic National Committee from Minnesota</a>, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-diplomats.html ">Denmark</a>, 1949-53; U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BL-diplomats.html ">Bulgaria</a>, 1962-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-beta-phi.html">Pi Beta Phi</a>; American Association of University Women. Second female U.S. ambassador. Died in Red Wing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/GO-died.html">Goodhue County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/03-31.html">March 31, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 309 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/GO-buried.html#cms06558">Burnside Cemetery</a>, Near Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Ezekiel Arrowsmith Moore and Flora Belle (McMillen) Moore; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/10-26.html">October 26, 1930</a>, to John Pierce Anderson.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenie Anderson">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/anderson-helen-eugenie-moore">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/108/000054943">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/68939192">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Eugenie Anderson: Mary Dupont, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1681341271/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1681341271&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Mrs. Ambassador: The Life and Politics of Eugenie Anderson</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gwen Adele Anderson (b. 1930) — also known as Gwen Anderson; Gwen Adele Odegaard — of Kennewick, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WA/BE-lived.html">Benton County</a>, Wash. Born in Lignite, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ND/BR-born.html">Burke County</a>, N.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/06-03.html">June 3, 1930</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WA.html">Washington Republican State Committee</a>, 1962-65; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/WA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/WA.html">1972</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/WA.html">Republican National Committee from Washington</a>, 1968-73. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-phi.html">Alpha Phi</a>; American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1973. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Adolph Odegaard and Beatrice (Shannon) Odegaard; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/06-04.html">June 4, 1951</a>, to Harlan John Anderson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Vera Andrus (1896-1976) — of Port Huron, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich.; Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-lived.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz. Born in Reedsburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/SK-born.html">Sauk County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1896/08-21.html">August 21, 1896</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/cncn7.html">delegate to Michigan state constitutional convention</a> from St. Clair District, 1961-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-scientist.html">Christian Scientist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">National Education Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-historical-assoc.html">American Historical Association</a>. Died in August, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/index.html">1976</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/80.html">about 80 years</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of William Andrus and Alice (Barton) Andrus.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Dorothy Wright Atkinson (b. 1911) — also known as Dorothy W. Atkinson; Dorothy Wright — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-lived.html">Washington</a>, D.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-born.html">Washington</a>, D.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/10-31.html">October 31, 1911</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college teacher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/DC.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-theta.html">Delta Sigma Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; American Association of University Women. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of John L. Wright and Letitia (Ferguson) Wright; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/06-23.html">June 23, 1930</a>, to R. R. Atkinson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jean Rae Backus (b. 1923) — also known as Jean Backus; Jean Rae Ettinger; Mrs. Ross Backus — of Owosso, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SH-lived.html">Shiawassee County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/04-24.html">April 24, 1923</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MI.html">Michigan Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1957, 1969; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/MI.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian-scientist.html">Christian Scientist</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1969. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Glen Lerch Ettinger and Phebe (Wells) Ettinger; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/03-18.html">March 18, 1944</a>, to Ross Allen Backus.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Betty H. Baker (1919-2011) — also known as Betty Head — of Moorefield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-lived.html">Hardy County</a>, W.Va. Born in Thomas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/TU-born.html">Tucker County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/09-18.html">September 18, 1919</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 16th District, 1965-68; appointed 1965; defeated, 1968. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Died, in Grant Memorial <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Petersburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GA-died.html">Grant County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2011/11-12.html">November 12, 2011</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HR-buried.html#cms05615">Olivet Cemetery</a>, Moorefield, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Harry Davis Baker and Kathryn Agnes (Higgins) Baker; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/11-22.html">November 22, 1945</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/baker2.html#778.21.11">Donald Jefferson Baker</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/02-14.html">February 14, 1944</a>, to Kermit Reed Orders.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/80828694">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Margaret Culkin Banning (1891-1982) — also known as Margaret Frances Culkin — of Duluth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn.; Tryon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PO-lived.html">Polk County</a>, N.C. Born in Buffalo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WR-born.html">Wright County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1891/03-18.html">March 18, 1891</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">Novelist</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/MN.html">1924</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1936/MN.html">1936</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. Elected to Duluth <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>. Died in Tryon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PO-died.html">Polk County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1982/01-04.html">January 4, 1982</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 292 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/PO-buried.html# ">Polk Memorial Gardens</a>, Columbus, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cubberley-culla.html#149.55.14">William Edgar Culkin</a> and Hannah Alice (Young) Culkin; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/10-09.html">October 9, 1914</a>, to Archibald Tanner Banning, Jr.; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/">1942</a> to Leroy Salsich; niece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cubberley-culla.html#786.39.33">Francis Dugan Culkin</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/13604.html">Culkin family</a> of Oswego, New York.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7217607">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Margaret Culkin Banning: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060102071/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0060102071&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Splendid Torments : A Novel</a> (1976) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006010158X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=006010158X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Such Interesting People</a> (1979) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0816162212/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0816162212&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Will of Magda Townsend</a> (1974) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0899680089/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0899680089&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Spellbinders</a> (1922) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0532121910/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0532121910&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Echo Answers</a> (1960) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0899680062/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0899680062&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Country Club People</a> (1923) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The First Woman</a> (1935) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Half Loaves</a> (1921) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Women for Defense</a> (1942) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Clever Sister</a> (1947) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Conduct Yourself Accordingly</a> (1944) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Convert</a> (1957) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Dowry</a> (1955) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Enough to Live On</a> (1940) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Fallen Away</a> (1951) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Festival at the Lakehead</a> (1965) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Give us our years</a> (1950) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">A Handmaid of the Lord</a> (1924) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">I took my love to the country</a> (1966) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Iron Will</a> (1936) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Mesabi</a> (1969) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Mixed Marriage</a> (1930) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Money of Her Own</a> (1928) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Out In Society</a> (1940) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Quality of Mercy : A Novel</a> (1963) — <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product//ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">You haven't changed</a> (1937)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joanne Kleinhofer Benjamin (b. 1945) — also known as Joanne Kleinhofer — of Los Gatos, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. Born in Abington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MO-born.html">Montgomery County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/03-20.html">March 20, 1945</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/losgatos.html">mayor of Los Gatos, Calif.</a>, 1984-85, 1988-90. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-league.html">Junior League</a>. Still living as of 1990. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Burkhart A. Kleinhofer and Marie Elizabeth (Liggett) Kleinhofer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1967/06-24.html">June 24, 1967</a>, to James Edward Benjamin.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.toaks.org/departments/city-council/past-mayors-councilmembers"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/875/04.79.jpg" width=70 height=115 border=0 alt="Claudia Bill-de_la_Peña"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Claudia Bill-de la Peña — of Thousand Oaks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/VE-lived.html">Ventura County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">Television journalist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/thousandoaks.html">mayor of Thousand Oaks, Calif.</a>, 2004-05, 2012-13, 2016-17, 2020-21. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Still living as of 2022. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Thousand Oaks</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) — of Austin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-lived.html">Travis County</a>, Tex. Born in Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-born.html">Harris County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/08-19.html">August 19, 1870</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College professor</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/sppi.html">Texas superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1919-23. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-dtrs-confederacy.html">United Daughters of the Confederacy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-lambda-theta.html">Pi Lambda Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-gamma-mu.html">Pi Gamma Mu</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/maccabees.html">Maccabees</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/10-02.html">October 2, 1945</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/TV-buried.html#cms00703">Oakwood Cemetery</a>, Austin, Tex. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Thomas Lindsay Blanton and Eugenia (Webb) Blanton; sister of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blandford-blaz.html#992.52.51">Thomas Lindsay Blanton (1872-1957)</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Genevieve Blatt (1913-1996) — of Pittsburgh, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AL-lived.html">Allegheny County</a>, Pa.; Harrisburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-lived.html">Dauphin County</a>, Pa. Born in East Brady, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CI-born.html">Clarion County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1913/06-19.html">June 19, 1913</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">secretary of Pennsylvania Democratic Party</a>, 1948; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/PA.html">1948</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/PA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/PA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/PA.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/PA.html">1968</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/audgen.html">Pennsylvania state auditor general</a>, 1952; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/soi.html">Pennsylvania secretary of internal affairs</a>, 1955-66; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/PA.html">Democratic National Committee from Pennsylvania</a>, 1960; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania</a>, 1964; Judge, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, 1972-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-sigma-alpha.html">Pi Sigma Alpha</a>. Died in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">retirement home</a> at Hampden Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CU-died.html">Cumberland County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/07-04.html">July 4, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 15 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/DA-buried.html#cms05036">Holy Cross Cemetery</a>, Near Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pa. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of George Frederick Blatt and Clara (Laurent) Blatt.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/84456866">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lisa M. Boscola — of Bethlehem, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/NO-lived.html">Northampton County</a>, Pa. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/sthse.html">Pennsylvania state house of representatives</a>, 1995-98; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 18th District, 1999-2004; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/PA.html">2008</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jaycees.html">Jaycees</a>; American Association of University Women. Still living as of 2008. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Betty Castor (b. 1941) — of Tampa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/HI-lived.html">Hillsborough County</a>, Fla. Born in Glassboro, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/GL-born.html">Gloucester County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/05-11.html">May 11, 1941</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/stsen.html">Florida state senate</a>, 1977-78, 1983-86 (23rd District 1977-78, 21st District 1983-86); candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Florida</a>, 1978; Florida Commissioner of Education, 1986; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/univpres.html">President</a> of of the University of South Florida, 1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/FL.html">2004</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Florida</a>, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lutheran.html">Lutheran</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sierra-club.html">Sierra Club</a>. Inducted into the Florida Women's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>, 1996. Still living as of 2004. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Joseph L. Bowe and Gladys Wright Bowe; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bell.html#122.82.04">Samuel P. Bell III</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jean Scott Chace (b. 1945) — of Weston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-lived.html">Lewis County</a>, W.Va. Born in Clarksburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HA-born.html">Harrison County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/09-02.html">September 2, 1945</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 13th District, 1981-84. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1984. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) — also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt; Mrs. Ralph E. Church — of Evanston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-born.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1892/09-13.html">September 13, 1892</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/psych.html">Psychologist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/IL.html">1964</a>; speaker, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/speakers.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zonta.html">Zonta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-sigma-phi.html">Beta Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion-aux.html">American Legion Auxiliary</a>. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1990/05-26.html">May 26, 1990</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 255 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-buried.html#cms03001">Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Skokie, Ill. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe) Stitt; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/12-21.html">December 21, 1918</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/church.html#734.64.88">Ralph Edwin Church</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C000389">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=402528">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mary Stallings Coleman (1914-2001) — also known as Mary S. Coleman; Mary Leslie Stallings — of Battle Creek, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-lived.html">Calhoun County</a>, Mich. Born in Forney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/KF-born.html">Kaufman County</a>, Tex., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/06-24.html">June 24, 1914</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; probate judge in Michigan, 1961-72; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1973-82; resigned 1982; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1979-82; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1984/MI.html">1984</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-league.html">Junior League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/altrusa.html">Altrusa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion-aux.html">American Legion Auxiliary</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-sigma-phi.html">Beta Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-omicron-pi.html">Alpha Omicron Pi</a>. Died, of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cancer.html">cancer</a>, in Ocala, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/MR-died.html">Marion County</a>, Fla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2001/11-27.html">November 27, 2001</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 156 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/CL-buried.html#cms00233">Oakridge Cemetery</a>, Marshall, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Leslie C. Stallings and Agnes (Huther) Stallings; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/">1939</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colebank-coleman.html#520.86.02">Creighton R. Coleman</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary S. Coleman">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href=" http://micourthistory.org/justices/mary-coleman">Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joanell M. Dyrstad (b. 1942) — of Red Wing, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/GO-lived.html">Goodhue County</a>, Minn. Born in St. James, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/WT-born.html">Watonwan County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/10-15.html">October 15, 1942</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/redwing.html">Mayor of Red Wing, Minn.</a>, 1985-90; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota</a>, 1991-95; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Minnesota</a>, 1994. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1995. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Willa Blake Eslick (1878-1961) — also known as Willa B. Eslick; Willa McCord Blake — of Pulaski, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GL-lived.html">Giles County</a>, Tenn. Born in Fayetteville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/LI-born.html">Lincoln County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1878/09-08.html">September 8, 1878</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Tennessee</a> 7th District, 1932-33. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-dtrs-confederacy.html">United Daughters of the Confederacy</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died in Pulaski, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GL-died.html">Giles County</a>, Tenn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/02-18.html">February 18, 1961</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/82.html">82 years, 163 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TN/GL-buried.html#cms02803">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Pulaski, Tenn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Washington Blake and Eliza Hansell (McCord) Blake; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/06-06.html">June 6, 1906</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/esaias-esters.html#721.44.42">Edward Everett Eslick</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=E000217">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403903">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anne H. Evans — of Des Plaines, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in California. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn6.html">Delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 4th District, 1969-70. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mabel Louise Fain (1904-1997) — also known as Louise Fain — of Atoka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/AT-lived.html">Atoka County</a>, Okla.; Tulsa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TU-lived.html">Tulsa County</a>, Okla. Born in Webb City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JS-born.html">Jasper County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1904/10-22.html">October 22, 1904</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/realestate.html">real estate agent</a>; delegate to Republican National Convention from Oklahoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1944/OK.html">1944</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1997/12-02.html">December 2, 1997</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 41 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elizabeth Pruett Farrington (1898-1984) — also known as Elizabeth P. Farrington; Mary Elizabeth Pruett; Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii. Born in Tokyo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/JP-born.html">Japan</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/05-30.html">May 30, 1898</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper reporter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/cgdel.html">Delegate to U.S. Congress from Hawaii Territory</a>, 1954-57; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii Territory, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/HI.html">1956</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/disciples-of-christ.html">Disciples of Christ</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-league.html">Junior League</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-sigma-phi.html">Theta Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-omicron-pi.html">Alpha Omicron Pi</a>. Died in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-died.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/07-21.html">July 21, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 52 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>; ashes interred at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-buried.html#cms04150">Oahu Cemetery</a>, Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Robert Lee Pruett and Josephine (Baugh) Pruett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/05-17.html">May 17, 1920</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/farrelly-farris.html#334.76.53">Joseph Rider Farrington</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0154.html">Farrington family</a> of Honolulu, Hawaii (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000035">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=403996">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mary Reamey Few (1885-1971) — also known as Mary Reamey Thomas; Mrs. W. P. Few — of Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-lived.html">Durham County</a>, N.C. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/mr-born.html">Martinsville</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/index.html">1885</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/NC.html">Republican National Committee from North Carolina</a>, 1944-54; delegate to Republican National Convention from North Carolina, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/NC.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/NC.html">1952</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/committees.html">Resolutions Committee</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/speakers.html">speaker</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/french.html">French Huguenot</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> ancestry. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/colonial-dames.html">Colonial Dames</a>. Died in Durham, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-died.html">Durham County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1971/01-12.html">January 12, 1971</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/85.html">about 85 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/DU-buried.html#cms05929">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Durham, N.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Lyne Starling Thomas and Elizabeth Ann (Sheffield) Thomas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/08-17.html">August 17, 1911</a>, to William Preston Few (second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ferriss-fieger.html#228.57.98">William Few</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/38704063">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Katheryn Vera Fitzgerald (b. 1902) — also known as Katheryn Fitzgerald — of Glens Falls, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y.; Pilot Knob, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, N.Y. Born in Albany, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/AL-born.html">Albany County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1902/index.html">1902</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NY.html">New York Democratic State Committee</a>, 1944; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NY.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NY.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/NY.html">1960</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Rosemary Lucas Ginn (1912-2003) — also known as Rosemary L. Ginn; Rosemary Bewick Lucas; Mrs. M. Stanley Ginn — of Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-lived.html">Boone County</a>, Mo. Born in Columbia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-born.html">Boone County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/08-28.html">August 28, 1912</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/MO.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/MO.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/MO.html">1972</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/MO.html">Republican National Committee from Missouri</a>, 1960-79; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LX-diplomats.html ">Luxembourg</a>, 1976-77. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-rho.html">Delta Sigma Rho</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-pi-zeta.html">Alpha Pi Zeta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-delta-delta.html">Delta Delta Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion-aux.html">American Legion Auxiliary</a>. Died in Osage Beach <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Health Care Center</a>, Osage Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CM-died.html">Camden County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/01-03.html">January 3, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 128 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/BO-buried.html#cms06611">Memorial Park Cemetery</a>, Columbia, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Reuben E. Lucas and Mary (Bewick) Lucas; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/06-21.html">June 21, 1934</a>, to Milton Stanley Ginn.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/ginn-rosemary-lucas ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Olive Mortimer Remington Goldman — also known as Olive Remington Goldman — of Urbana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-lived.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill. Born in Newark, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-born.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a>, 1946 (19th District), 1948 (22nd District); alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/IL.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Ella Tambussi Grasso (1919-1981) — also known as Ella T. Grasso; Ella Rose Tambussi — of Windsor Locks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-lived.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn. Born in Windsor Locks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-born.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1919/05-10.html">May 10, 1919</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sthse.html">Connecticut state house of representatives</a>, 1953-57; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/CT.html">Democratic National Committee from Connecticut</a>, 1956-58; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/CT.html">1956</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/CT.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/CT.html">1968</a>; co-chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, co-chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/committees.html">1964</a>, co-chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/committees.html">1968</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Connecticut</a>, 1959-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention</a> 6th District, 1965; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 6th District, 1971-75; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Connecticut</a>, 1975-80; resigned 1980. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/italian.html">Italian</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Awarded the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> posthumously in 1981; inducted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/natl-womens-hof.html">National Women's Hall of Fame</a>, 1993. Died in Hartford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-died.html">Hartford County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/02-05.html">February 5, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/61.html">61 years, 271 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/HA-buried.html#cms04437">St. Mary's Cemetery</a>, Windsor Locks, Conn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000387">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404737">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/ella-t-grasso/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella T. Grasso">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/614/000061431">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/ella-grasso/">National Women's Hall of Fame</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Edith Starrett Green (1910-1987) — also known as Edith Green; Edith Louise Starrett — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born in Trent, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/SD/MO-born.html">Moody County</a>, S.Dak., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1910/01-17.html">January 17, 1910</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Oregon</a>, 1952; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Oregon</a> 3rd District, 1955-74; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/OR.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/OR.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/OR.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/OR.html">1968</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/christian.html">Christian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; American Association of University Women. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1987/04-21.html">April 21, 1987</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 94 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-buried.html#cms06214">Pioneer Cemetery</a>, Corbett, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of James Vaughn Starrett and Julia (Hunt) Starrett; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/08-19.html">August 19, 1933</a>, to Arthur N. Green.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000407">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404757">Govtrack.us page</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/288/91.87.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Martha W. Griffiths"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Martha Wright Griffiths (1912-2003) — also known as Martha W. Griffiths; Martha Edna Wright — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich.; Armada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-lived.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich. Born in Pierce City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/LW-born.html">Lawrence County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1912/01-29.html">January 29, 1912</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1947; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> from Wayne County 1st District, 1949-52; defeated in primary, 1946; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Michigan</a> 17th District, 1955-74; defeated, 1952; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1953; appointed 1953; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/MI.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/MI.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/MI.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MI.html">1988</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Michigan</a>, 1983-90. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; American Association of University Women. Inducted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/natl-womens-hof.html">National Women's Hall of Fame</a>, 1993. Died in Armada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-died.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2003/04-22.html">April 22, 2003</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/91.html">91 years, 83 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Charles Elbridge Wright and Nell (Sullinger) Wright; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/griffis-grim.html#942.33.75">Hicks George Griffiths</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000471">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=404816">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha Griffiths">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/7379022">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/martha-wright-griffiths/">National Women's Hall of Fame</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Michigan Manual 1957-58</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joan Anderson Growe (b. 1935) — of Minnesota. Born in Minneapolis, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/HE-born.html">Hennepin County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/09-28.html">September 28, 1935</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 40-A, 1973-74; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Minnesota</a>, 1975-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/common-cause.html">Common Cause</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-org-women.html">National Organization for Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zonta.html">Zonta</a>. Still living as of 1983. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10219">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/getPhotoPeople.aspx?GA=71&PID=938"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/646/18.97.jpg" width=70 height=101 border=0 alt="Kay Halloran"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Kay Halloran (b. 1937) — also known as Kathleen H. Chapman — of Cedar Rapids, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/LI-lived.html">Linn County</a>, Iowa. Born in Estherville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/EM-born.html">Emmet County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1937/01-19.html">January 19, 1937</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/sthse.html">Iowa state house of representatives</a>, 1983-92, 1997-2001 (49th District 1983-92, 53rd District 1997-2001); <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/ofc/cedarrapids.html">mayor of Cedar Rapids, Iowa</a>, 2006-09. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/common-cause.html">Common Cause</a>; American Association of University Women. Still living as of 2009. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Edward Halloran and Maryl (McConoughey) Halloran; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1961/">1961</a> to Allen R. Chapman.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay Halloran">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=153750">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: Iowa Legislature</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Harriet Belle Hess (d. 1951) — also known as Harriet Belle; Mrs. Luther C. Hess — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ju-lived.html">Juneau</a>, Alaska; Fairbanks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/FN-lived.html">Fairbanks North Star Borough</a>, Alaska. Born in Winfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/HE-born.html">Henry County</a>, Iowa. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School principal</a>; Trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, 1917-35, continuing as Regent, University of Alaska, 1935-51; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AK.html">Democratic National Committee from Alaska Territory</a>, 1944-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/index.html">1951</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/">1911</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hess.html#293.90.72">Luther Constantine Hess</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joanne Hines (born c.1929) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born about 1929. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/stsen.html">Delaware state senate</a> 4th District, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> June N. Honaman (b. 1920) — also known as June Newcomer; Mrs. Peter K. Honaman — of Landisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa. Born in Lancaster, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/LA-born.html">Lancaster County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1920/05-04.html">May 4, 1920</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/PA.html">vice-chair of Pennsylvania Republican Party</a>, 1963-73; delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/PA.html">1964</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1968/PA.html">1968</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/PA.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Lester W. Newcomer and Maud (Stauffer) Newcomer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/11-20.html">November 20, 1948</a>, to Peter K. Honaman.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Amanda L. Howe (b. 1959) — of Dearborn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1959/12-06.html">December 6, 1959</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/sthse.html">Michigan state house of representatives</a> 15th District, 1998 (primary), 2000. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mildred Barry Hughes — also known as Mildred B. Hughes — of Union, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Born in Elizabeth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-born.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Union County, 1958-65; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/NJ.html">1964</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/stsen.html">New Jersey state senate</a> District 9, 1966-67; defeated, 1967. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/urban-league.html">Urban League</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. Still living as of 1967. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Peter L. Hughes, Jr.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elizabeth Ireland (1881-1970) — of Havre, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/HI-lived.html">Hill County</a>, Mont.; Helena, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/LC-lived.html">Lewis and Clark County</a>, Mont.; Kalispell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/FL-lived.html">Flathead County</a>, Mont. Born in Alexandria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DO-born.html">Douglas County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1881/04-05.html">April 5, 1881</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">superintendent of schools</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MT/ofc/sppi.html">Montana superintendent of public instruction</a>, 1929-37, 1941-49. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/scottish.html">Scottish</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; American Association of University Women. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1970/07-30.html">July 30, 1970</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 116 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/OT-buried.html# ">Parkers Prairie Cemetery</a>, Parkers Prairie, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Philip Scott Ireland and Margaret (Chrechton) Ireland.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/73583741">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elizabeth Rountree Kellerman (b. 1906) — also known as Elizabeth Kellerman; Elizabeth Rountree; Mrs. George H. Kellerman — of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/HO-lived.html">Honolulu County</a>, Hawaii. Born in High Point, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NC/GU-born.html">Guilford County</a>, N.C., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/09-01.html">September 1, 1906</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/radiotv.html">radio commentator</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/HI/ofc/cncn.html">delegate to Hawaii state constitutional convention</a>, 1950; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/HI.html">Republican National Committee from Hawaii</a>, 1963-70; delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/HI.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of James B. Rountree and Elizabeth (Anderson) Rountree; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/10-08.html">October 8, 1940</a>, to George H. Kellerman.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Martha Elizabeth Keys (b. 1930) — also known as Martha Keys; Martha Elizabeth Ludwig — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/RI-lived.html">Riley County</a>, Kan. Born in Hutchinson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/RE-born.html">Reno County</a>, Kan., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/08-10.html">August 10, 1930</a>. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/KS.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kansas</a> 2nd District, 1975-79. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1976/">1976</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobs.html#047.85.78">Andrew Jacobs Jr.</a> (son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jacobs.html#406.42.12">Andrew Jacobs Sr.</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/11238.html">Jacobs family</a> of Indianapolis, Indiana.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=K000162">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=406326">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/328/000129938">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Jean Ledwith King (1924-2021) — also known as Jean Ledwith — of Ann Arbor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/03-16.html">March 16, 1924</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Michigan Democratic State Central Committee</a>, 1967-69, 1977-79; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/MI.html">1984</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/MI.html">2004</a> (alternate). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/protestant.html">Protestant</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aclu.html">American Civil Liberties Union</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html">Phi Kappa Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-org-women.html">National Organization for Women</a>; American Association of University Women. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2021/10-09.html">October 9, 2021</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 207 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of William Medkirk Ledwith and Nettie May (Herrington) Ledwith; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/">1943</a> to John Culver King.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean Ledwith King">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Carolynne Frances Kubert (b. 1924) — also known as Carolynne Kubert; Carolynne Frances Mauer — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/08-08.html">August 8, 1924</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MI.html">1960</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/MI.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">American Federation of Teachers</a>; American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1967. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Sylvester A. Mauer and Laura F. (Wells) Mauer; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/07-23.html">July 23, 1949</a>, to Clifford Gerald Kubert.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Hazel T. Kump (1914-2002) — also known as Hazel Vorus Turner — of Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va. Born in LaGrange, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/TR-born.html">Troup County</a>, Ga., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/07-08.html">July 8, 1914</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">West Virginia Democratic State Executive Committee</a>, 1949. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/un-dtrs-confederacy.html">United Daughters of the Confederacy</a>; American Association of University Women. Died, in Elkins Regional <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">Convalescent Center</a>, Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-died.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2002/03-14.html">March 14, 2002</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 249 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-buried.html#cms00192">Maplewood Cemetery</a>, Elkins, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of William Henry Turner, Jr. and Hazel Netelle (Vorus) Turner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1933/09-06.html">September 6, 1933</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kuhne-kurthy.html#350.82.85">Cyrus Scott Kump</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/23087.html">Kump family</a> of Elkins, West Virginia.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/70880753">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><a href="https://www.okc.gov/council/okcmayors/26-Patience%20Latting.jpg"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/397/30.02.jpg" width=70 height=112 border=0 alt="Patience Latting"></a></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Patience Latting (b. 1918) — also known as Patience Sewell; Mrs. Trimble B. Latting — of Oklahoma City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/OK-lived.html">Oklahoma County</a>, Okla. Born in Texhoma, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/TX-born.html">Texas County</a>, Okla., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1918/08-27.html">August 27, 1918</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/oklahomacity.html">Mayor of Oklahoma City, Okla.</a>, 1971-83. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-beta-phi.html">Pi Beta Phi</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> woman to be mayor of a U.S. city over 350,000 population. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Frank Asa Sewell and Leila (Yates) Sewell; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/08-23.html">August 23, 1941</a>, to Trimble B. Latting.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Image source: City of Oklahoma City</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Evelyn J. Lynn (b. 1930) — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/VO-lived.html">Volusia County</a>, Fla. Born in Astoria, Queens, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/QU-born.html">Queens County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/02-02.html">February 2, 1930</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/sthse.html">Florida state house of representatives</a> 27th District, 1995-. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-delta-kappa.html">Phi Delta Kappa</a>; American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1999. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Barbara Barrett MacKenzie (b. 1928) — also known as Barbara B. MacKenzie — of Petoskey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/EM-lived.html">Emmet County</a>, Mich. Born in Saginaw, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SG-born.html">Saginaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1928/11-12.html">November 12, 1928</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals</a> 3rd District, 1979-; Independent candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/spju.html">justice of Michigan state supreme court</a>, 1986. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/zonta.html">Zonta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1990. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Evelyn Silliman Malone (1905-1981) — also known as Evelyn Malone; Evelyn I. Silliman; Mrs. M. W. Malone — of Windom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CO-lived.html">Cottonwood County</a>, Minn. Born in Windom, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CO-born.html">Cottonwood County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1905/12-25.html">December 25, 1905</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/librarian.html">librarian</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/MN.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/MN.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/MN.html">1960</a>; Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state chair, 1960-62. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/automobile.html">Struck by a car</a> while walking in Sun City, Arizona, and died soon after, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">hospital</a> at Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1981/02-18.html">February 18, 1981</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/75.html">75 years, 55 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/CO-buried.html# ">Lakeview Cemetery</a>, Windom, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of William LeRoy Silliman and Lottie (Pletz) Silliman; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/01-12.html">January 12, 1943</a>, to Maurice William 'Pat' Malone; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1975/06-07.html">June 7, 1975</a>, to John O. Burton.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/139611874">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lynn Morley Martin (b. 1939) — also known as Lynn Martin; Lynn Morley — of Rockford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WN-lived.html">Winnebago County</a>, Ill. Born in Evanston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-born.html">Cook County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1939/12-26.html">December 26, 1939</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/sthse.html">Illinois state house of representatives</a>, 1977-79; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/stsen.html">Illinois state senate</a>, 1979-81; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Illinois</a> 16th District, 1981-91; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Illinois</a>, 1990; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/cabinet.html">U.S. Secretary of Labor</a>, 1991-93. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jr-league.html">Junior League</a>. Still living as of 2014. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Lawrence William Morley and Helen Catherine (Hall) Morley.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000195">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=407215">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/611/000061428">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Marion E. Martin (b. 1900) — of Bangor, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-lived.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine. Born in Kingman, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/PE-born.html">Penobscot County</a>, Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/01-14.html">January 14, 1900</a>. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/sthse.html">Maine state house of representatives</a> from Penobscot County (1st), 1931-34; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ME/ofc/stsen.html">Maine state senate</a>, 1935-38; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/ME.html">Republican National Committee from Maine</a>, 1936-47; delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/ME.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/episcopalian.html">Episcopalian</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/alpha-omicron-pi.html">Alpha Omicron Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lucille Maurer (1922-1996) — also known as Lucy Maurer; Lucille Shirley Darvin — of Silver Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Born, in Bushwick <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-hospital.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-born.html">Rockland County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1922/11-21.html">November 21, 1922</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">Economist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/cncn5.html">delegate to Maryland state constitutional convention</a>, 1967-68; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/sthse.html">Maryland state house of delegates</a>, 1969-87; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a>, 1970; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/trea.html">Maryland state treasurer</a>, 1987-96; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/MD.html">1988</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/jewish.html">Jewish</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-trust-hist-pres.html">National Trust for Historic Preservation</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-org-women.html">National Organization for Women</a>. Elected to Maryland Women's <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/other-hof.html">Hall of Fame</a>, 1990. Died of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/brain-cancer.html">brain tumor</a>, in Silver Spring, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1996/06-17.html">June 17, 1996</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 209 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/RO-buried.html#cms06833">Jewish Community Cemetery</a>, New Hempstead, N.Y. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucille Maurer">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Beth Wharton Milford (1908-1992) — also known as Beth W. Milford; Beth Wharton — of Ypsilanti, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-lived.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich. Born in Bradford, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/MK-born.html">McKean County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1908/08-19.html">August 19, 1908</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">College instructor</a>; member, Ypsilanti board of education, 1955-67; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/stsen.html">Michigan state senate</a> 33rd District, 1960; member, Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents, 1964-86. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/irish.html">Irish</a> ancestry. Member, American Association of University Women. Died, following a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in St. Joseph Mercy <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/misc-hospitals.html">Hospital</a>, Superior Township, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-died.html">Washtenaw County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1992/08-07.html">August 7, 1992</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 354 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WA-buried.html#cms07142">St. John Cemetery</a>, Ypsilanti, Mich. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Thomas Wharton and Helen (O'Mara) Wharton; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/">1941</a> to Albert F. Milford, Jr.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Gene W. Miller (b. 1906) — of Summit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, N.J. Born in Winterset, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/MD-born.html">Madison County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/index.html">1906</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Union County, 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-sigma.html">Phi Kappa Sigma</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/">1931</a> to Richard L. Miller.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Maurine Brown Neuberger (1907-2000) — also known as Maurine Neuberger; Maurine Brown; Mrs. Richard L. Neuberger — of Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-lived.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore. Born in Cloverdale, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/TI-born.html">Tillamook County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1907/01-09.html">January 9, 1907</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">writer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/photo.html">photographer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/sthse.html">Oregon state house of representatives</a>, 1951-56; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Oregon</a>, 1960-67; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oregon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/OR.html">1964</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/ams-dem-action.html">Americans for Democratic Action</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/theta-sigma-phi.html">Theta Sigma Phi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>; American Association of University Women. Third woman to win a full term in the U.S. Senate. Died, of a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/other-diseases.html">bone marrow disorder</a>, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a> at Portland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-died.html">Multnomah County</a>, Ore., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2000/02-22.html">February 22, 2000</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/93.html">93 years, 44 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OR/MU-buried.html#cms01744">Beth Israel Cemetery</a>, Portland, Ore. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Walter T. Brown and Ethel (Kelty) Brown; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1964/07-11.html">July 11, 1964</a>, to Dr. Philip Solomon; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1945/12-20.html">December 20, 1945</a>, to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#802.24.67">Richard Lewis Neuberger</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=N000052">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=408140">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurine Brown Neuberger">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/887/000174365">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22112">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=22827">OurCampaigns candidate detail</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Emma Follin Parsons — also known as Emma Parsons; Emma Follin; Mrs. Clifford W. Parsons — of Ruby, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/SC-lived.html">Santa Cruz County</a>, Ariz.; Tucson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/PI-lived.html">Pima County</a>, Ariz. Born in Fairport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/DK-born.html">DeKalb County</a>, Mo. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/AZ.html">Republican National Committee from Arizona</a>, 1940-48. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-delta-delta.html">Delta Delta Delta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; American Association of University Women. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Freda Noble Paul — also known as Freda N. Paul; Freda Noble — of Huntington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CA-lived.html">Cabell County</a>, W.Va. Born in Ansted, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Cabell County, 1965-68, 1971-72; defeated, 1968, 1970; appointed 1971; defeated, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/izaak-walton-league.html">Izaak Walton League</a>. Still living as of 1972. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Clifton Edward Noble and Mamie (Neal) Noble; married to Bosher Hubert Paul.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pauline H. Peterson — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/SA-lived.html">Salem County</a>, N.J. Born in Philadelphia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/PH-born.html">Philadelphia County</a>, Pa. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Salem County, 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/english.html">English</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/german.html">German</a> ancestry. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soroptimists.html">Soroptimists</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-kappa-gamma.html">Delta Kappa Gamma</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to Harold A. Peterson.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Vel R. Phillips (b. 1924) — of Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-lived.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis. Born in Milwaukee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/MI-born.html">Milwaukee County</a>, Wis., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/02-18.html">February 18, 1924</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WI/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Wisconsin</a>, 1979-83. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-sigma-theta.html">Delta Sigma Theta</a>. Still living as of 1983. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joanne Pownell Powell (b. 1930) — of Romney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HM-lived.html">Hampshire County</a>, W.Va. Born in Romney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/HM-born.html">Hampshire County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/07-28.html">July 28, 1930</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">Democratic National Committee from West Virginia</a>, 1972-75; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">National Education Association</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-sigma-phi.html">Beta Sigma Phi</a>. Still living as of 1976. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Paul G. Pownell.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Charlotte Pritt (b. 1949) — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1949/01-02.html">January 2, 1949</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 23rd District; elected 1984, 1986; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/stsen.html">West Virginia state senate</a> 17th District, 1989-92; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">Democratic National Committee from West Virginia</a>, 1996; delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/WV.html">1996</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-org-women.html">National Organization for Women</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sierra-club.html">Sierra Club</a>. Still living as of 1996. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Garnett Edmund Pritt and Ada Ernestine (Lanham) Pritt.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> E. Ruth Pyrtle — of Lincoln, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/LA-lived.html">Lancaster County</a>, Neb. Born in Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-born.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher and principal</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NE.html">1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-gamma-mu.html">Pi Gamma Mu</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lucy Reum — of Oak Park, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Born in Edmonton, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/AB-born.html">Alberta</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1964/IL.html">1964</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/IL.html">Illinois Republican State Central Committee</a>, 1960; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/cncn6.html">delegate to Illinois state constitutional convention</a> 2nd District, 1969-70. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Association of University Women. Still living as of 1970. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anne Rudin (b. 1924) — also known as Anne Noto — of Sacramento, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ST-lived.html">Sacramento County</a>, Calif. Born in Passaic, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/PA-born.html">Passaic County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1924/01-27.html">January 27, 1924</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/nurse.html">Registered nurse</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sacramento.html">mayor of Sacramento, Calif.</a>, 1983-92. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/soroptimists.html">Soroptimists</a>. Still living as of 1992. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Philip Noto and Angela (Macri) Noto; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1948/06-06.html">June 6, 1948</a>, to Edward Rudin.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Elise Salinger (1942-1998) — of Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-lived.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz. Born in Freeport, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ST-born.html">Stephenson County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1942/03-05.html">March 5, 1942</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/ofc/sthse.html">Arizona state house of representatives</a> 20th District, 1997-98; died in office 1998. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/nat-org-women.html">National Organization for Women</a>; American Association of University Women. Died in Phoenix, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1998/03-16.html">March 16, 1998</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/56.html">56 years, 11 days</a>). Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Olive C. Sanford (b. 1875) — of Nutley, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ES-lived.html">Essex County</a>, N.J. Born in Palmyra, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WN-born.html">Wayne County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1875/12-19.html">December 19, 1875</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/asmbly.html">New Jersey state house of assembly</a> from Essex County, 1935-36, 1938-42; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/cncn9.html">delegate to New Jersey state constitutional convention</a> from Essex County, 1947. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Association of University Women. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1900/">1900</a> to F. H. Sanford.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Byrd Fanita Sawyer (b. 1895) — also known as Byrd Fanita Wall; Mrs. Harry W. Sawyer — of Fallon, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/CH-lived.html">Churchill County</a>, Nev.; Sparks, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NV/WA-lived.html">Washoe County</a>, Nev. Born in Warrensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JO-born.html">Johnson County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1895/05-05.html">May 5, 1895</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/librarian.html">librarian</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Nevada; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NV.html">1948</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NV.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/labor-unions.html">National Education Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/gamma-phi-beta.html">Gamma Phi Beta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-sigma-phi.html">Beta Sigma Phi</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Henry J. Wall and Burd (McIlvaine) Wall; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/09-11.html">September 11, 1923</a>, to Harry W. Sawyer.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Lillian E. Schlagenhauf (b. 1899) — of Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-lived.html">Adams County</a>, Ill. Born in Quincy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/AD-born.html">Adams County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1899/12-19.html">December 19, 1899</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1948/IL.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-beta-pi.html">Kappa Beta Pi</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thelma Parkinson Sharp (1898-1983) — also known as Thelma P. Sharp; Thelma Parkinson — of Vineland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-lived.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J. Born in Vineland, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-born.html">Cumberland County</a>, N.J., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1898/index.html">1898</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NJ.html">New Jersey Democratic State Committee</a>, 1922-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/NJ.html">1924</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1928/NJ.html">1928</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1932/NJ.html">1932</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NJ.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NJ.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NJ.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NJ.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NJ.html">1952</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NJ.html">1956</a>; co-chair, Committee on Permanent Organization, co-chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/committees.html">1952</a>; member, Arrangements Committee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/committees.html">1964</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from New Jersey</a>, 1930. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. Died <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1983/03-12.html">March 12, 1983</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/84.html">about 84 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/CU-buried.html# ">Siloam Cemetery</a>, Vineland, N.J. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sharp.html#540.57.50">W. Howard Sharp</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/25915532">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Virginia Dodd Smith (1911-2006) — also known as Virginia Smith; Virginia Dodd — of Chappell, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/DE-lived.html">Deuel County</a>, Neb. Born in Randolph, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/FE-born.html">Fremont County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1911/06-30.html">June 30, 1911</a>. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/NE.html">1972</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Nebraska</a> 3rd District, 1975-91. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/farm-bureau.html">Farm Bureau</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/dar.html">Daughters of the American Revolution</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Died in Sun City West, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AZ/MA-died.html">Maricopa County</a>, Ariz., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2006/01-23.html">January 23, 2006</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 207 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Clifton Clark Dodd and Erville (Reeves) Dodd; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/08-27.html">August 27, 1931</a>, to Haven N. Smith.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000622">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=410097">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/413/000130023">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Violet Snedegar — also known as Violet Marie Cox; Mrs. Nunley B. Snedegar — of Elkins, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RN-lived.html">Randolph County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">Democratic National Committee from West Virginia</a>, 1956-60, 1964-68; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/WV.html">associate chair of West Virginia Democratic Party</a>, 1969; candidate for Presidential Elector for West Virginia. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/oes.html">Order of the Eastern Star</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nellie Nugent Somerville — of Greenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Miss. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/MS.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/ofc/sthse.html">Mississippi state house of representatives</a>, 1920. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Association of University Women. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/first.html">First</a> woman to serve in Mississippi legislature. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/howlett-hubard.html#464.14.86">Lucy Somerville Howorth</a>.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Anna Mary Tibbets — also known as Anna Tibbets — of Los Angeles, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Born in Tibbetts Hills, Yonkers, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/WE-born.html">Westchester County</a>, N.Y. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/CA.html">1948</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/unitarian.html">Unitarian</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Clara Towle Dockum Van Auken (1890-1977) — also known as Clara Van Auken; Clara Towle Dockum; Mrs. Howell Van Auken — of Detroit, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Mich. Born in Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/SG-born.html">Sangamon County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/09-12.html">September 12, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/socialwork.html">Social worker</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/MI.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/MI.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/MI.html">1944</a> (co-chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>); member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/MI.html">Democratic National Committee from Michigan</a>, 1936-47. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>. Died in St. Clair Shores, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/MA-died.html">Macomb County</a>, Mich., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1977/02-13.html">February 13, 1977</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/86.html">86 years, 154 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Russel Myers Dockum and Catherine (Towle) Dockum; married to Howell Van Auken.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Katharine Elkus White (b. 1906) — also known as Katharine E. White; Katharine Elkus — of Red Bank, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MO-lived.html">Monmouth County</a>, N.J. Born in New York City (<a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ZZ-born.html">unknown county</a>), N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1906/11-25.html">November 25, 1906</a>. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1936/NJ.html">1936</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/NJ.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/NJ.html">1944</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/NJ.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1952/NJ.html">1952</a> (alternate), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/NJ.html">1956</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NJ.html">New Jersey Democratic State Committee</a>, 1940; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/ofc/redbank.html">mayor of Red Bank, N.J.</a>, 1951-57; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/NJ.html">vice-chair of New Jersey Democratic Party</a>, 1954; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/DE-diplomats.html ">Denmark</a>, 1964-68. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-sigma-phi.html">Beta Sigma Phi</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/eliphaz-ellerbee.html#463.08.88">Abram Isaac Elkus</a> and Gertrude (Hess) Elkus; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1929/10-03.html">October 3, 1929</a>, to Arthur J. White.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/white-katharine-elkus ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"><img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/thumb/279/67.50.jpg" width=70 height=98 border=0 alt="Chase Going Woodhouse"></td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Chase Going Woodhouse (1890-1984) — also known as Chase Going; Mrs. E. J. Woodhouse — of New London, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn.; Baltic, Sprague, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/NL-lived.html">New London County</a>, Conn. Born in Victoria, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/BC-born.html">British Columbia</a>, of American parents, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1890/03-03.html">March 3, 1890</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">Economist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/faculty.html">college professor</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/CT.html">1940</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1944/CT.html">1944</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Connecticut</a>, 1941-43; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Connecticut</a> 2nd District, 1945-47, 1949-51; defeated, 1946, 1950; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/ofc/cncn2.html">delegate to Connecticut state constitutional convention</a> 2nd District, 1965. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/lwv.html">League of Women Voters</a>; American Association of University Women; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/altrusa.html">Altrusa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/pi-lambda-theta.html">Pi Lambda Theta</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-delta-pi.html">Kappa Delta Pi</a>. Died in New Canaan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CT/FA-died.html">Fairfield County</a>, Conn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1984/12-12.html">December 12, 1984</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/94.html">94 years, 284 days</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/plcrem.html">Cremated</a>. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Daughter of Seymour Going and Harriet (Jackson) Going; married to E. J. Woodhouse.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000714">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=411866">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase G. 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