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Aida Louise Aurelio (1906-1999) —
also known as Aida L. Aurelio; Aida Louise
Pardi —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born January
8, 1906.
Democrat. Social worker; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 1940.
Female.
Died February
7, 1999 (age 93 years, 30
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Patricia A. Eddington —
of Suffolk
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Social worker; member of New York
state assembly 3rd District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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C. Virginia Fields (b. 1946) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Birmingham, Jefferson
County, Ala., August
4, 1946.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1998-2005; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 2005.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Alpha
Kappa Alpha; Urban
League; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Still living as of 2008.
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Susan Walker FitzGerald (b. 1871) —
also known as Susan W. FitzGerald; Susan
Walker —
of New York; Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., May 9,
1871.
Democrat. Social worker; woman suffrage advocate; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1920
(alternate), 1924;
member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives Twenty-Second Suffolk District,
1923-24.
Female.
Burial location unknown.
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Earlene Hill Hooper —
also known as Earlene Hooper; Earlene H.
Hill —
of Hempstead, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Democrat. Social worker; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 1996,
2004;
member, Platform Committee, 2008;
member of New York
state assembly 18th District, 2001.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Vito J. Lopez —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Social worker; member of New York
state assembly 53rd District, 1985-2001; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from New York, 2008.
Still living as of 2008.
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Antonia Pantoja (1922-2002) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in San Juan, San Juan
Municipio, Puerto Rico, September
13, 1922.
Democrat. School
teacher; welder;
social worker; founder, in 1961, of ASPIRA, a non-profit
organization which promotes education and community for Puerto Rican
and other Latino youth; delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1967;
received the Medal
of Freedom, 1996; inducted into the Hunter College Hall of
Fame.
Female.
Puerto
Rican ancestry. Lesbian.
Died, of cancer,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., May 24,
2002 (age 79 years, 253
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Seymour Posner (b. 1925) —
of Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 21,
1925.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; school
teacher; social worker; member of New York
state assembly, 1965-75 (Bronx County 2nd District 1965, 85th
District 1966, 76th District 1967-75).
Jewish.
Member, Disabled
American Veterans; Jewish
War Veterans; American
Jewish Congress; Zionist
Organization of America; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; AFSCME.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Ravitz —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Republican. Social worker; member of New York
state assembly 73rd District, 2001.
Still living as of 2001.
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Elias Gerson Reiger (1892-1931) —
also known as E. Gerson Reiger —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born July 2,
1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
social worker; candidate for New York
state senate 12th District, 1922; candidate for New York
state assembly from New York County 1st District, 1927.
Died, of tuberculosis,
1931
(age about
38 years).
Interment at Mt.
Judah Cemetery, Ridgewood, Queens, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married to Augusta Reiger. |
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome
census area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer;
went
to the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor;
social worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Allyson Y. Schwartz (b. 1948) —
of Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.; Jenkintown, Montgomery
County, Pa.
Born in Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., October
3, 1948.
Democrat. Social worker; member of Pennsylvania
state senate 4th District, 1991-2004; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 2000; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 13th District, 2005-; candidate
for Governor of
Pennsylvania, 2014.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress.
Still living as of 2014.
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Carol Shea-Porter (b. 1952) —
of Rochester, Strafford
County, N.H.
Born in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., 1952.
Democrat. Social worker; U.S.
Representative from New Hampshire 1st District, 2007-; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 2008.
Female.
Still living as of 2008.
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Katharine Kaufman Smith (1892-1996) —
also known as Katharine K. Smith; Katharine Gladys
Kaufman —
of Massapequa, Nassau
County, Long Island, N.Y.
Born in Milbank, Grant
County, S.Dak., April 3,
1892.
Socialist. Candidate for New York
state senate 1st District, 1930; candidate for New York
state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1931, 1932, 1933;
social worker; peace and civil rights activist; philanthropist.
Female.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP.
Died in Riverdale, Prince
George's County, Md., May 4,
1996 (age 104 years,
31 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married 1917 to Warren
Smith. |
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