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Eugenie Moore Anderson (1909-1997) —
also known as Eugenie Anderson; Helen Eugenie Moore;
Mrs. John P. Anderson —
of Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn.
Born in Adair, Adair
County, Iowa, May 26,
1909.
Daughter of Ezekiel Arrowsmith Moore and Flora Belle (McMillen)
Moore.
Vice-chair of Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, 1946-49;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, 1948,
1960;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Minnesota, 1948-49; U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, 1949-53; U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1962-64.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; League of Women
Voters; Pi Beta Phi; American
Association of University Women.
Second female U.S. ambassador.
Died in Red Wing, Goodhue
County, Minn., March 31,
1997 (age 87 years, 309
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Lotta P. Broadbridge —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Marine City, St. Clair
County, Mich.
Daughter of Alfred Broadbridge and Jane Broadbridge.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; member of Michigan
Republican State Central Committee, 1919; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1920.
Female.
Member, Pi Beta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Jeanne Johnson Capozzoli (b. 1940) —
also known as Jeanne Capozzoli —
of West Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y.
Born in Webster, Day
County, S.Dak., June 24,
1940.
Democrat. Member of New York
Democratic State Committee, 1972; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1972.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Kappa
Delta Pi; Pi Beta Phi.
Still living as of 1993.
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Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan (1925-2004) —
also known as Elizabeth V. Hallanan —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
10, 1925.
Daughter of Walter
Simms Hallanan.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1957;
defeated, 1954; resigned 1957; candidate for West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 1958; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia,
1984-96.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Pi Beta Phi; American Bar
Association; Altrusa.
Died, from complications of emphysema,
in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., June 8,
2004 (age 79 years, 150
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Harold "Kenny" Kennison
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Sarah Van Hoosen Jones (1892-1972) —
of Rochester, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Rochester, Oakland
County, Mich., June 23,
1892.
Republican. Farmer;
member of Michigan
state board of agriculture, 1944-55; defeated, 1955.
Female.
Member, Zonta; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Sigma
Xi; Pi Beta Phi.
Died in 1972
(age about
80 years).
Interment at Stoney
Creek Cemetery, Rochester Hills, Mich.
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Patience Latting (b. 1918) —
also known as Patience Sewell; Mrs. Trimble B.
Latting —
of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Texhoma, Texas
County, Okla., August
27, 1918.
Daughter of Frank Asa Sewell and Leila (Yates) Sewell.
Mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1971-83.
Female.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Beta Phi.
First
woman to be mayor of a U.S. city over 350,000 population.
Still living as of 1983.
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Minnie Freeman Penney (b. 1868) —
also known as Minnie Mae Freeman; Mrs. Edgar B.
Penney —
of Fullerton, Nance
County, Neb.
Born in Raymonds Corners, Potter
County, Pa., February
25, 1868.
Daughter of Sarah Lovica (Cushing) Freeman (1833-1904) and William
Elder Freeman (died 1912).
Republican. School
teacher; during a sudden, fierce blizzard on January 12, 1888,
saved the lives of seventeen children by leading them from her
schoolhouse to the nearest farm, a mile away; member of Republican
National Committee from Nebraska, 1922-28.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Pi Beta Phi; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leslie Waters (b. 1947) —
of Pinellas
County, Fla.
Born in St. Petersburg, Pinellas
County, Fla., 1947.
Republican. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 51st District, 1999-.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Beta Phi; Urban
League.
Still living as of 1999.
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