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Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) —
also known as Florence E. Allen —
of Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio; Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, March
23, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer;
common pleas court judge in Ohio, 1921-22; justice of
Ohio state supreme court, 1922-34; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Ohio, 1926; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, 1934-59; took
senior status 1959.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Daughters of the
American Revolution; American
Association of University Women; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Beta Pi; Delta Kappa Gamma; Kappa
Delta Pi.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 2005.
Died in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, September
12, 1966 (age 82 years, 173
days).
Interment at Waite Hill Village Cemetery, Waite Hill, Ohio.
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Iola Kelley Banks (1933-2002) —
also known as Iola Banks —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Kenai, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
Born in Arcadia, Bienville
Parish, La., August
10, 1933.
Democrat. School
teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska,
1976,
1980,
2000.
Female.
Baptist
or Methodist.
Member, Delta Kappa Gamma; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died in
the ambulance en route to a hospital, near Soldotna, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska, June 26,
2002 (age 68 years, 320
days).
Interment somewhere
in Lexington, Ky.
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Relatives:
Married to Lovell Banks. |
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Mae Shumate Belcher (1904-1999) —
also known as Mae S. Belcher —
of Pineville, Wyoming
County, W.Va.
Born in Saulsville, Wyoming
County, W.Va., April
14, 1904.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates from Wyoming County, 1959-60,
1963-64.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Delta Kappa Gamma; National
Education Association.
Died August
8, 1999 (age 95 years, 116
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) —
of Austin, Travis
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
19, 1870.
Democrat. College
professor; Texas
superintendent of public instruction, 1919-23.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Daughters of the
American Revolution; United
Daughters of the Confederacy; Phi
Beta Kappa; Kappa
Delta Pi; Pi
Lambda Theta; Pi Gamma
Mu; Delta Kappa Gamma; Order of the
Eastern Star; Maccabees.
First
woman to be elected to statewide office in Texas.
Died October
2, 1945 (age 75 years, 44
days).
Interment at Oakwood
Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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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.
Republican. Psychologist;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964;
speaker, 1952,
1960.
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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March Fong Eu (1922-2017) —
also known as March Kong; March K. Fong —
of Oakland, Alameda
County, Calif.; Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Oakdale, Stanislaus
County, Calif., March
29, 1922.
Democrat. Dental
hygenist; supervisor of dental health education, Alameda County;
member of California
state assembly 15th District, 1967-74; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 1968,
1988;
secretary
of state of California, 1975-94; resigned 1994; defeated, 2002;
U.S. Ambassador to Micronesia, 1994-96.
Female.
Chinese
ancestry. Member, Delta Kappa Gamma.
Died, following a fall, in
Irvine, Orange
County, Calif., December
21, 2017 (age 95 years, 267
days). The California Secretary of State building in Sacramento
is named for
her.
Cremated;
ashes interred at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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Sue Ramsey Johnston Ferguson (1897-1977) —
also known as Sue Ramsey Johnston; Mrs. R. S.
Ferguson —
of Taylorsville, Alexander
County, N.C.
Born in Mecklenburg
County, N.C., June 19,
1897.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from North
Carolina, 1944
(alternate), 1948
(alternate), 1960;
member of North
Carolina state senate 28th District, 1947-49; candidate for
Presidential Elector for North Carolina.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Delta Kappa Gamma; Order of the
Eastern Star; Daughters of the
American Revolution.
Died in November, 1977
(age 80
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Rufus M. Johnston and Grace W. (Alexander) Johnston;
married, February
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Mary Elizabeth Fox (b. 1912) —
of Georgetown, Williamson
County, Tex.; Granger, Williamson
County, Tex.
Born in Granger, Williamson
County, Tex., June 2,
1912.
Democrat. University
professor; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Texas, 1948.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Pi Gamma
Mu; Delta Kappa Gamma; Delta
Delta Delta.
Burial location unknown.
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Janet Hill Gordon (1915-1990) —
also known as Janet Hill —
of Norwich, Chenango
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
11, 1915.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New York
Republican State Committee, 1942-46; Chenango
County Attorney, 1944-45; first
woman county attorney in New York State; member of New York
state assembly from Chenango County, 1947-58; alternate delegate
to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948;
member of New York
state senate 46th District, 1959-62; candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 35th District, 1962.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Daughters of the
American Revolution; Grange;
Gamma
Phi Beta; Delta Kappa Gamma; Order of the
Eastern Star; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died September
17, 1990 (age 75 years, 249
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Norwich, N.Y.
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Eddie Bernice Johnson (b. 1935) —
of Dallas, Dallas
County, Tex.
Born in Waco, McLennan
County, Tex., December
3, 1935.
Democrat. Nurse;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1972-77; member of Texas
state senate, 1987-92; U.S.
Representative from Texas 30th District, 1993-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Texas, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Texas, 2004-08.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry. Member, NAACP;
Delta Kappa Gamma; Urban
League; Alpha
Kappa Alpha.
Still living as of 2019.
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Marion E. Martin (b. 1900) —
of Bangor, Penobscot
County, Maine.
Born in Kingman, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
14, 1900.
Republican. Member of Maine
state house of representatives from Penobscot County (1st),
1931-34; member of Maine
state senate, 1935-38; member of Republican
National Committee from Maine, 1936-47; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Maine, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; Alpha
Omicron Pi; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Gamma.
Burial location unknown.
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Maurine Brown Neuberger (1907-2000) —
also known as Maurine Neuberger; Maurine Brown; Mrs.
Richard L. Neuberger —
of Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.
Born in Cloverdale, Tillamook
County, Ore., January
9, 1907.
Democrat. School
teacher; writer; photographer;
member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1951-56; U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1960-67; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Oregon, 1964.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, Americans
for Democratic Action; Theta
Sigma Phi; Delta Kappa Gamma; American
Association of University Women.
Third woman to win a full term in the U.S. Senate.
Died, of a bone
marrow disorder, in a nursing
home at Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., February
22, 2000 (age 93 years, 44
days).
Interment at Beth
Israel Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Jessie M. Parker (1879-1959) —
of Lake Mills, Winnebago
County, Iowa.
Born in Black Hawk
County, Iowa, February
25, 1879.
Republican. School teacher
and principal; Winnebago
County Superintendent of Schools, 1915-27; Iowa
superintendent of public instruction, 1939-54.
Female.
Member, Delta Kappa Gamma; Phi
Theta Kappa; Order of the
Eastern Star.
Inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of
Fame, 1986.
Died May 1,
1959 (age 80 years, 65
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Karla Van Ostrand Parker (1894-1986) —
also known as Karla Parker; Karla Van Ostrand; Mrs.
James C. Parker —
of Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Mich.
Born in South Haven, Van Buren
County, Mich., November
30, 1894.
Republican. School
teacher; candidate for Michigan
state board of education, 1964.
Female.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Delta Kappa Gamma; League of Women
Voters.
Died in 1986
(age about
91 years).
Interment at Mountain
Home Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Pauline H. Peterson —
of Salem
County, N.J.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa.
School
teacher and principal; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Salem County,
1947.
Female.
English
and German
ancestry. Member, Order of the
Eastern Star; Soroptimists;
American
Association of University Women; Delta Kappa Gamma.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Married to Harold A. Peterson. |
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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.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Thomas A. Rose. |
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Susie Marshall Sharp (1907-1996) —
of Reidsville, Rockingham
County, N.C.
Born in Rocky Mount, Nash
County, N.C., July 7,
1907.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in North Carolina, 1949-62; justice of
North Carolina state supreme court, 1962-74; chief
justice of North Carolina state supreme court, 1974-79.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Order of
the Coif; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta Kappa Gamma; Altrusa;
Soroptimists.
Died March 1,
1996 (age 88 years, 238
days).
Interment somewhere
in Reidsville, N.C.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Merritt Sharp and Annie (Blackwell)
Sharp. |
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Jae Spears —
also known as Jae Marshall —
of Elkins, Randolph
County, W.Va.
Born in Kenton
County, Ky.
Democrat. School
teacher; newspaper
work; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 30th District; elected 1974,
1976, 1978; member of West
Virginia state senate 12th District, 1981-92.
Female.
Christian.
Member, Delta Kappa Gamma; Theta
Sigma Phi; Daughters of the
American Revolution; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Still living as of 1992.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Marshall and Sylvia (Fox) Marshall; married to
Lawrence E. Spears. |
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