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Carol Mueller Alexander (1925-1998) —
also known as Carol M. Alexander; Carol
Mueller —
of Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Hayward, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, June 18,
1925.
Daughter of Hans F. Mueller and Laura (Portmann) Mueller.
Democrat. College
instructor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Ohio, 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Member, League of Women Voters; National
Organization for Women.
Died April 2,
1998 (age 72 years, 288
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1947
to Thomas R. Alexander. |
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Douglas Earl Applegate (b. 1928) —
also known as Douglas Applegate —
of Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, March 27,
1928.
Son of Mary Margaret (Longacre) Applegate and Earl
Douglas Applegate.
Democrat. Real estate
business; member of Ohio state
house of representatives 33rd District, 1961-68; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Ohio, 1964;
member of Ohio state
senate, 1969-76; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 18th District, 1977-95.
Presbyterian.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Sons of
Italy; Elks; Eagles;
League of Women Voters.
Still living as of 2000.
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Frances Payne Bolton (1885-1977) —
also known as Frances P. Bolton; Frances Payne
Bingham —
of Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 29,
1885.
Daughter of Charles William Bingham and Mary Perry (Payne) Bingham.
Republican. Member of Ohio
Republican State Central Committee, 1938-40; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 22nd District, 1940-69; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1948
(speaker),
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, League of Women Voters; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
First
woman member of Congress to head a mission abroad, 1955.
Died in Lyndhurst, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, March 9,
1977 (age 91 years, 345
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio.
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Sherry Biggers Gardiner (b. 1918) —
also known as Sherry B. Gardiner; Sherry
Biggers —
of Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind.
Born in Toledo, Lucas
County, Ohio, December
30, 1918.
Daughter of John David Biggers and Mary (Kelsey) Biggers.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana,
1968
(alternate), 1972.
Female.
Protestant.
Member, Junior
League; League of Women Voters.
Still living as of 1973.
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Dawn Clark Netsch (b. 1926) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
16, 1926.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 12th District,
1969-70; member of Illinois
state senate, 1973-91 (13th District 1973-83, 4th District
1983-91); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980,
1996;
Illinois
state comptroller, 1991-; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1994.
Female.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; League of Women Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2000.
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Relatives:
Married to Walter A. Netsch (architect). |
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Jean Schmidt (b. 1951) —
also known as Jeannette Marie Hoffman; "Mean
Jean" —
of Miami Township, Clermont
County, Ohio.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
29, 1951.
Daughter of Augustus 'Gus' Hoffman and Jeannette Hoffman.
Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio, 1984;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 2001-04; candidate in primary for Ohio state
senate, 2004; U.S.
Representative from Ohio 2nd District, 2005-.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, League of Women Voters.
Still living as of 2009.
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Mary B. Schroer (b. 1947) —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.; Chelsea, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in St. Marys, Auglaize
County, Ohio, February
11, 1947.
Democrat. Member of Michigan
state house of representatives 52nd District, 1993-98; defeated,
1988.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, League of Women Voters.
Still living as of 2006.
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Eleanor Smeal (b. 1939) —
also known as Eleanor Marie Cutri —
Born in Ashtabula, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 30,
1939.
Daughter of Peter Anthony Cutri and Josephine E. (Agresti) Cutri.
Democrat. President, National Organization for Women, 1977-82,
1985-87; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Female.
Italian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi
Beta Kappa; League of Women Voters.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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