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Elaine Bloom (b. 1937) —
of Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
16, 1937.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 106th District, 1974-78,
1986-2000; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Florida,
1976
(alternate), 1992,
1996;
candidate in primary for Florida
state senate 36th District, 1978; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Florida 22nd District, 2000.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, League of Women Voters; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Still living as of 2000.
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Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) —
also known as Carrie Lane; Carrie Chapman —
of Mason City, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ripon, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., January
9, 1859.
Daughter of Lucius Lane and Maria (Clinton) Lane.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; president, National American Woman Suffrage
Association, 1900-04 (succeeding Susan B. Anthony) and 1915-20;
founder of the League of Women Voters; Dry candidate for delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Member, League of Women Voters.
Died, from a heart
attack, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 9,
1947 (age 88 years, 59
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) —
also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St.
Hill —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1924.
Daughter of Charles Christopher St. Hill and Ruby (Seale) St. Hill.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th
District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980;
Honorary Co-Chair, 1984;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women Voters; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; National
Organization for Women; Urban
League; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., January
1, 2005 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) —
also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt;
Mrs. Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1892.
Daughter of William James Stitt and Adelaide (Forsythe) Stitt.
Republican. Psychologist;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, League of Women Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa; American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Zonta; Beta
Sigma Phi; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died May 26,
1990 (age 97 years, 255
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Marion Constantine (1889-1987) —
also known as Marion Hamilton —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.; Passaic, Passaic
County, N.J.; Quechee, Hartford, Windsor
County, Vt.
Born in Seymour, New Haven
County, Conn., May 29,
1889.
Daughter of Robert A. Hamilton and Harriet (Beecher) Hamilton.
Stenographer;
delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Passaic
County, 1947.
Female.
Member, League of Women Voters.
Died in February, 1987
(age 97
years, 0 days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Joseph H. Constantine. |
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Sara Buek Crawford (b. 1876) —
also known as Sara B. Crawford —
of Westport, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
2, 1876.
Republican. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Westport, 1925-28, 1931-38;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1939-41.
Female.
Member, League of Women Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Helen Gordon Davis (b. 1926) —
of Hillsborough
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1926.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives, 1975-88; member of Florida
state senate, 1989.
Female.
Member, NAACP;
League of Women Voters.
Inducted 1998 into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.
Still living as of 2001.
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Helen Gahagan Douglas (1900-1980) —
also known as Helen Gahagan; "The Pink
Lady" —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Boonton, Morris
County, N.J., November
25, 1900.
Daughter of Walter Hamer Gahagan and Lillian Rose (Mussen) Gahagan.
Actress
and opera
singer, 1922-38; member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 1940-44; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1940
(alternate), 1944,
1948;
vice-chair
of California Democratic Party, 1941-42; U.S.
Representative from California 14th District, 1945-51; candidate
for U.S.
Senator from California, 1950 (Democratic), 1952 (Independent).
Female.
Scottish
and Irish
ancestry. Member, League of Women Voters; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of cancer, in
New York, New York
County, N.Y., June 28,
1980 (age 79 years, 216
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Hazel Nell Dukes (b. 1932) —
also known as Hazel N. Dukes —
of Roslyn Heights, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala., March 17,
1932.
Democrat. Member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1975-93; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1996;
member, Rules Committee, 2008;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1992.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women Voters; NAACP.
Still living as of 2008.
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June Margolin Eisland —
also known as June M. Eisland —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1984
(alternate), 1988,
1996,
2000.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, NAACP;
League of Women Voters.
Still living as of 2000.
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Lois J. Frankel (b. 1948) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 85th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of West Palm Beach, Fla., 2009.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; League of Women Voters; National
Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2009.
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Helen Getler (b. 1925) —
of Roslyn Harbor, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.; Roslyn, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 30,
1925.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Delta
Sigma Pi; League of Women Voters.
Still living as of 1993.
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Anne Clark Martindell (b. 1914) —
also known as Anne Clark; Mrs. Jackson
Martindell —
of Princeton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1914.
Daughter of William Clark and Marjory (Blair) Clark.
Democrat. School
teacher; vice-chair of
New Jersey Democratic Party, 1969-74; member of Democratic
National Committee from New Jersey, 1976; member of New Jersey
state senate 14th District, 1976; U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1979-81; Western Samoa, 1979-81.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, League of Women Voters.
Still living as of 1997.
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Annie Mathews (1866-1959) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., November
6, 1866.
Democrat. Dressmaker;
candidate for Presidential Elector for New York, 1920;
New
York County Register, 1922-29; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1924,
1928;
member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1930.
Female.
Member, League of Women Voters.
Died, in Glenwood Nursing
Home, Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., October
24, 1959 (age 92 years, 352
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lucille Maurer (1922-1996) —
also known as Lucy Maurer; Lucille Shirley
Darvin —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born, in Bushwick Hospital,
Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
21, 1922.
Democrat. Economist;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967-68; member of
Maryland
state house of delegates, 1969-87; candidate in primary for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1970; Maryland
state treasurer, 1987-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1988.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, League of Women Voters; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American
Association of University Women; National
Organization for Women.
Elected to Maryland Women's Hall of
Fame, 1990.
Died of a brain
tumor, in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., June 17,
1996 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, New Hempstead, N.Y.
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) —
also known as Eleanor Roosevelt —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1884.
Daughter of Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860-1894) and Anna (Hall)
Roosevelt (1863-1892).
Democrat. Delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, 1945-53;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1952,
1956;
member, President's
Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-62.
Female.
Member, League of Women Voters; NAACP.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1962 (age 78 years, 27
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Dorothy H. Rose (b. 1920) —
of Angola, Erie
County, N.Y.
Born in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., September
21, 1920.
Democrat. Librarian;
member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Erie County 8th District 1965, 163rd
District 1966, 147th District 1967-68).
Female.
Catholic.
Member, League of Women Voters; Grange; Delta
Kappa Gamma.
Still living as of 1968.
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Relatives:
Married to Thomas A. Rose. |
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Alice V. Rowland (b. 1894) —
also known as Alice V. McSherry —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., July 18,
1894.
Daughter of Frank McSherry and Ellen McSherry.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1931-34; member
of Connecticut
state senate 24th District, 1943-46.
Female.
Member, Grange;
League of Women Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Alice Sachs (1905-1997) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., December
18, 1905.
Democrat. Candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 9th District, 1956, 1958,
1960; candidate for New York
state senate 20th District, 1962; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1964,
1980,
1984;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1976.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; League of Women Voters; B'nai
B'rith; Urban
League; Phi
Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died at the Hallmark Nursing
Centre in North Granville, Washington
County, N.Y., March 29,
1997 (age 91 years, 101
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Olive C. Sanford (b. 1875) —
of Nutley, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Palmyra, Wayne
County, N.Y., December
19, 1875.
Member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1935-42; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947.
Female.
Member, League of Women Voters; American
Association of University Women.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1900
to F. H. Sanford. |
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Anna Mary Tibbets —
also known as Anna Tibbets —
of Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif.
Born in Tibbets Hills (unknown
county), N.Y.
Democrat. School
teacher; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from California, 1948.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Edith P. Welty (c.1881-1957) —
of Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, about 1881.
Successfully advocated for city manager system in Yonkers, 1938; mayor of
Yonkers, N.Y., 1949.
Female.
Member, League of Women Voters.
Died, in St. John's Riverside Hospital,
Yonkers, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
31, 1957 (age about 76
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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