League of Women Voters
Politician members in Massachusetts
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League of Women Voters
Politician members in Massachusetts
Katherine Graham Howard (1898-1986) —
also known as Katherine G. Howard; Katherine Montague
Graham; Mrs. Charles P. Howard —
of Reading, Middlesex
County, Mass.; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Guyton, Effingham
County, Ga., 1898.
Daughter of Joseph Lewis Graham and Margaret (Nowell) Graham.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1944
(alternate), 1948,
1952,
1956
(alternate); member of Republican
National Committee from Massachusetts, 1945-53; Secretary
of Republican National Committee, 1948-53.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, League of Women Voters; Colonial
Dames.
Died in 1986
(age about
88 years).
Interment somewhere
in Reading, Mass.
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Bertha Knight Landes (1868-1943) —
also known as Bertha Knight —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Ware, Hampshire
County, Mass., October
19, 1868.
Daughter of Charles Sanford Knight and Cordelia (Cutter) Knight.
Republican. Lecturer;
writer;
mayor
of Seattle, Wash., 1926-28; defeated, 1928.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, Soroptimists;
League of Women Voters.
First
woman mayor of a large American city.
Died in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., November
29, 1943 (age 75 years, 41
days).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Gary D. LeBeau —
of East Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Easthampton, Hampshire
County, Mass.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives; elected 1990; member of Connecticut
state senate 3rd District, 1997-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Connecticut, 2004.
Member, League of Women Voters; Lions; Elks.
Still living as of 2010.
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Wanda Kathleen Parker (b. 1915) —
also known as Wanda K. Parker —
of Fitchburg, Worcester
County, Mass.
Born in Wolflake, Noble
County, Ind., October
11, 1915.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Massachusetts, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, League of Women Voters.
Still living as of 1950.
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