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Catherine M. Abate (b. 1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Atlantic City, Atlantic
County, N.J., December
8, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1984
(alternate), 1996
(alternate), 2000,
2004;
member of New York
state senate 27th District, 1995-98; candidate for nomination for
New
York state attorney general, 1998.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, National Organization for Women; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Still living as of 2004.
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Bella Savitzky Abzug (1920-1998) —
also known as Bella S. Abzug; Bella Savitzky;
"Battlin' Bella"; "Mother Courage";
"Bellicose Bella" —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Bronx, Bronx
County, N.Y., July 24,
1920.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1971-77 (19th District 1971-73,
20th District 1973-77); defeated, 1978 (18th District), 1986 (20th
District); delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1972,
1976,
1980,
1984,
1988,
1996;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1976; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1977; member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1993.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Urban
League; National Organization for Women; American Civil
Liberties Union; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Jewish Congress.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1994.
Died, of complications from heart
surgery, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., March
31, 1998 (age 77 years, 250
days).
Interment at Mt.
Carmel Cemetery, Glendale, Queens, N.Y.
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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.
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:
Daughter of Hans F. Mueller and Laura (Portmann) Mueller; married 1947 to Thomas
R. Alexander. |
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Tammy Baldwin (b. 1962) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.
Born in Madison, Dane
County, Wis., February
11, 1962.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1993-99; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Wisconsin, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1999-.
Female.
Lesbian.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; National Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2014.
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Roxcy O'Neal Bolton (b. 1926) —
also known as "Florida's Pioneer
Feminist" —
Born in Mississippi, 1926.
.
Female.
Member, National Organization for Women.
In 1974, founded the first Rape Treatment Center in the country at
Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami; inducted 1984 into the Florida
Women's Hall of
Fame.
Still living as of 2001.
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Dana Martha Camp (b. 1952) —
of Altadena, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Sharon, Mercer
County, Pa., July 18,
1952.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California,
1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, National Organization for Women; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1973.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Herbert Lawrence Camp and Betty Delores (Brewington)
Camp. |
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Shirley Anita Chisholm (1924-2005) —
also known as Shirley Chisholm; Shirley Anita St.
Hill —
of Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., November
30, 1924.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1965-68 (Kings County 17th District 1965, 45th
District 1966, 55th District 1967-68); U.S.
Representative from New York 12th District, 1969-83; candidate
for Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980;
Honorary Co-Chair, 1984;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Methodist.
African
ancestry. Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action; National Organization for Women; Urban
League; Delta
Sigma Theta.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died in Ormond Beach, Volusia
County, Fla., January
1, 2005 (age 80 years, 32
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Forest
Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, N.Y.
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Judith Dennehy Doran (c.1943-2003) —
also known as Judith D. Doran —
of Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, about 1943.
Lawyer;
candidate for circuit
judge in Michigan 6th Circuit, 1978.
Female.
Member, National Organization for Women.
Died, of cancer,
on February
24, 2003 (age about 60
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Olympia Dukakis (b. 1931) —
of Upper Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass., June 20,
1931.
Democrat. Actress;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1988
(speaker).
Female.
Greek
ancestry. Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; National Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2014.
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Barbara J. Fife —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,
1980,
1988;
member of Democratic
National Committee from New York, 1983-90.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, National Organization for Women.
Still living as of 1993.
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Lois J. Frankel (b. 1948) —
of West Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 16,
1948.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Florida
state house of representatives 85th District, 1997-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
mayor
of West Palm Beach, Fla., 2009.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; National Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2009.
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006) —
also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
4, 1921.
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Female.
Jewish
and Russian
ancestry. Member, National Organization for Women; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Deborah J. Glick —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1991-2001 (61st District 1991-92, 66th District
1993-2001); candidate for Presidential Elector for New York; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, National Organization for Women; Lesbian.
Still living as of 2008.
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Joan Anderson Growe (b. 1935) —
of Minnesota.
Born in Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., September
28, 1935.
Member of Minnesota
state house of representatives District 40-A, 1973-74; secretary
of state of Minnesota, 1975-.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women; Common
Cause; National Organization for Women; Zonta.
Still living as of 1983.
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Dorothy Haener (1917-2001) —
of New Boston, Wayne
County, Mich.
Born in Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich., 1917.
Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1976,
1980.
Female.
Member, National Organization for Women; United
Auto Workers.
Among the founders
of the National Organization for Women in 1966.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Oakwood Hospital
Seaway Center, Trenton, Wayne
County, Mich., January
6, 2001 (age about 83
years).
Interment at Michigan
Memorial Park, Huron Township, Wayne County, Mich.
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Sally A. Heyman (b. 1954) —
of North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., November
10, 1954.
Democrat. Member of Florida
state house of representatives 105th District, 1995-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Florida, 2000,
2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, National Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2008.
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Louise Day Hicks (1916-2003) —
also known as Ann Louise Day —
of South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.
Born in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
16, 1916.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Massachusetts
state treasurer, 1964; candidate for mayor of
Boston, Mass., 1967, 1971; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, 1971-73;
defeated, 1972.
Female.
Catholic.
Irish
ancestry. Member, National Organization for Women.
Died in South Boston, Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., October
21, 2003 (age 87 years, 5
days).
Interment at St.
Joseph's Cemetery, West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
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Christine T. Kehoe —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Troy, Rensselaer
County, N.Y.
Democrat. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 49th District, 1998; member of California
state assembly 76th District, 2001-; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from California, 2008.
Female.
Lesbian.
Member, Sierra
Club; National Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2008.
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Jean Ledwith King (1924-2021) —
also known as Jean Ledwith —
of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
16, 1924.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1967-69, 1977-79; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1984
(member, Credentials
Committee), 2004
(alternate).
Female.
Protestant.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Civil
Liberties Union; Phi
Kappa Phi; National Organization for Women; American
Association of University Women.
Died October
9, 2021 (age 97 years, 207
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of William Medkirk Ledwith and Nettie May (Herrington)
Ledwith; married 1943 to John
Culver King. |
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Odessa J. Komer (1925-2004) —
also known as Odessa Komer —
of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Macomb
County, Mich.; Sterling Heights, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born July 29,
1925.
Democrat. Auto
worker; vice-president,
United Auto Workers, 1974-92; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Michigan, 1976,
1980,
1984,
1988.
Female.
Member, United
Auto Workers; NAACP;
National Organization for Women.
Inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of
Fame in 1995.
Died July 15,
2004 (age 78 years, 352
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie Ferris Lokken (b. 1926) —
also known as Leslie Lokken —
of Okemos, Ingham
County, Mich.; East Lansing, Ingham
County, Mich.
Born in Colfax, Whitman
County, Wash., April 3,
1926.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan,
1972;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1973.
Female.
Unitarian.
Member, Theta
Sigma Phi; Common
Cause; National Organization for Women; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1997.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Robert Donald Ferris and Leslie (Smith)
Ferris. |
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Sarah Lovell (1922-1994) —
also known as Sarah Rebecca Hellman; Sarah
Zucker —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., May 8,
1922.
Socialist. Candidate for mayor
of Detroit, Mich., 1957; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Michigan; Socialist Workers candidate for University
of Michigan board of regents, 1961; Socialist Workers candidate
for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 18th District, 1968.
Female.
Jewish
ancestry. Member, International
Typographical Union; National Organization for Women.
Died, of cancer,
in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., June 14,
1994 (age 72 years, 37
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Sol Hellman and Yetta (Yankowitz) Hellman; married 1949 to Frank
Lovell; married to Frank Zucker. |
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Michael James Lowrey (b. 1953) —
also known as Michael J. Lowrey; "Orange
Mike"; "Inali of Tanasi" —
of Henderson, Chester
County, Tenn.; Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.
Born in a hospital,
Jackson, Madison
County, Tenn., November
25, 1953.
Democratic candidate for Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1974; candidate for Presidential
Elector for Wisconsin; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Wisconsin, 2004.
Baptist;
later Quaker.
Irish
and Cherokee
Indian ancestry. Member, Industrial
Workers of the World; AFSCME;
American
Civil Liberties Union; National Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2004.
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Sondra Moore Lucht (b. 1942) —
of Martinsburg, Berkeley
County, W.Va.
Born December
11, 1942.
Democrat. School
psychologist; member of West
Virginia state senate 16th District, 1983-94; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1996.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, National Organization for Women; National
Education Association.
Still living as of 1996.
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Married to William H. Lucht. |
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Lucille Maurer (1922-1996) —
also known as Lucy Maurer; Lucille Shirley
Darvin —
of Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born, in Bushwick Hospital,
Rockland
County, N.Y., November
21, 1922.
Democrat. Economist;
delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1967-68; member of
Maryland
state house of delegates, 1969-87; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1970; Maryland
state treasurer, 1987-96; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Maryland, 1988.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, League of Women
Voters; National
Trust for Historic Preservation; American
Association of University Women; National Organization for
Women.
Elected to Maryland Women's Hall of
Fame, 1990.
Died of a brain
tumor, in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., June 17,
1996 (age 73 years, 209
days).
Interment at Jewish
Community Cemetery, New Hempstead, N.Y.
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Jerrold Lewis Nadler (b. 1947) —
also known as Jerrold Nadler —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., June 13,
1947.
Democrat. Member of New York
state assembly, 1977-92 (69th District 1977-82, 67th District
1983-92); U.S.
Representative from New York 8th District, 1992-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Jewish.
Member, American
Jewish Congress; Americans
for Democratic Action; American Civil
Liberties Union; National Organization for Women.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charlotte Pritt (b. 1949) —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., January
2, 1949.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of West
Virginia state house of delegates 23rd District; elected 1984,
1986; member of West
Virginia state senate 17th District, 1989-92; member of Democratic
National Committee from West Virginia, 1996; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, 1996.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; National Organization for Women; Sierra
Club.
Still living as of 1996.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Garnett Edmund Pritt and Ada Ernestine (Lanham)
Pritt. |
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Elise Salinger (1942-1998) —
of Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in Freeport, Stephenson
County, Ill., March 5,
1942.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Arizona
state house of representatives 20th District, 1997-98; died in
office 1998.
Female.
Member, National Organization for Women; American
Association of University Women.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., March
16, 1998 (age 56 years, 11
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Eleanor Smeal (b. 1939) —
also known as Eleanor Marie Cutri —
Born in Ashtabula, Ashtabula
County, Ohio, July 30,
1939.
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 2014.
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Jackie Washington —
of Michigan.
Democrat. Social
worker; president and CEO, Pontiac Urban League, 1985-92;
president and CEO, Planned Parenthood of Southeast Michigan, 1992-;
member of Wayne State
University board of governors, 2001; inductee, Michigan Women's
Hall
of Fame.
Female.
African
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American Civil
Liberties Union; National Organization for Women; NAACP.
Still living as of 2002.
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Deborah Wasserman=Schultz (b. 1966) —
also known as Debbie Wasserman=Schultz; Deborah
Wasserman —
of Davie, Broward
County, Fla.; Weston, Broward
County, Fla.
Born in Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y., September
27, 1966.
Democrat. Aide to U.S. Rep. Peter
Deutsch, 1989-92; member of Florida
state house of representatives 97th District, 1993-2000; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Florida, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Florida
state senate, 2001-04; U.S.
Representative from Florida, 2005-18 (20th District 2005-13, 23rd
District 2013-18); Chairman
of Democratic National Committee, 2011-16.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, Omicron
Delta Kappa; National Organization for Women; American
Jewish Congress.
Youngest woman ever elected to the Florida legislature.
Still living as of 2018.
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Sylvia Weinstein (1926-2001) —
of New York; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Kentucky, 1926.
Socialist. Socialist Workers candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of New York, 1962; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California; candidate for mayor
of San Francisco, Calif., 1979.
Female.
Member, National Organization for Women.
Originator of the saying, "It will be a great day when the schools
get all the money they need, and the Navy has to hold a bake sale to
buy a ship." Expelled from the Socialist Workers Party in the 1980s.
Died, in St. Luke's Hospital,
San
Francisco, Calif., August
14, 2001 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Molly Yard (1912-2005) —
also known as Mary Alexander Yard; Molly Yard
Garrett —
of Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa.; Cook Township, Westmoreland
County, Pa.
Born in Shanghai, China
to American parents, July 6,
1912.
Democrat. Candidate for Pennsylvania
state house of representatives from Allegheny County 5th
District, 1964; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Pennsylvania, 1972;
president, National Organization for Women, 1987-92.
Female.
Member, National Organization for Women; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Died, in the Fair Oaks Nursing
Home, Dormont, Allegheny
County, Pa., September
21, 2005 (age 93 years, 77
days).
Burial location unknown.
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