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Social Worker Politicians in California

Barbara L. Cubin (b. 1946) — of Casper, Natrona County, Wyo. Born in Salinas, Monterey County, Calif., November 30, 1946. Republican. School teacher; social worker; member of Wyoming state house of representatives, 1987-91; member of Wyoming state senate, 1992-94; U.S. Representative from Wyoming at-large, 1995-. Female. Episcopalian. Still living as of 2014.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Ronald Vernie Dellums (1935-2018) — also known as Ronald V. Dellums — of Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif.; Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., November 24, 1935. Democrat. Social worker; U.S. Representative from California, 1971-98 (7th District 1971-75, 8th District 1975-93, 9th District 1993-98); arrested during an anti-apartheid protest outside the South African Embassy in Washington, 1984; delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1988, 1996, 2008; mayor of Oakland, Calif., 2007-11. Protestant. African ancestry. Member, Alpha Phi Alpha. Died in Washington, D.C., July 30, 2018 (age 82 years, 248 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.   Relatives: Married to Leola Roscoe Higgs.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Carmen M. Hernandez — of Barstow, San Bernardino County, Calif. Social worker; candidate for mayor of Barstow, Calif., 2004. Still living as of 2004.   Jeannette Pickering Rankin (1880-1973) — also known as Jeannette Rankin — of Missoula, Missoula County, Mont.; Carmel, Monterey County, Calif. Born near Missoula, Missoula County, Mont., June 11, 1880. Social worker; U.S. Representative from Montana, 1917-19, 1941-43 (2nd District 1917-19, 1st District 1941-43); National candidate for U.S. Senator from Montana, 1918. Female. Member, American Civil Liberties Union. Voted against U.S. participation in World Wars I and II; inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993. Died in Carmel, Monterey County, Calif., May 18, 1973 (age 92 years, 341 days). Interment at Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.   Relatives: Daughter of John Rankin and Olive (Pickering) Rankin; sister of Wellington Duncan Rankin (who married Opal Louise Replogle).   Political family: Galt-Replogle family of Martinsdale, Montana.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — National Women's Hall of Fame   Nicola S. Tsongas (b. 1946) — also known as Niki Tsongas — of Lowell, Middlesex County, Mass. Born in Chico, Butte County, Calif., April 26, 1946. Democrat. Social worker; lawyer; dean of external affairs, Middlesex Community College, 1997-2007; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 2008. Female. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Married to Paul Efthemios Tsongas.   Political family: Tsongas family of Lowell, Massachusetts.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Charlotte Anita Whitney (c.1868-1955) — also known as Anita Whitney — of California. Born about 1868. Communist. Social worker; in 1919, she gave a radical speech in Oakland, California; as a result, she was arrested, tried, and found guilty of violating the state's syndicalism law; pardoned by Governor C. C. Young.; candidate for U.S. Senator from California, 1928, 1940 (Communist). Female. Died in San Francisco, Calif., February 4, 1955 (age about 87 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Daughter of George E. Whitney; niece of Stephen Johnson Field.   Political family: Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wells family of California.

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