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Very incomplete list!   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. Democrat. 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). Interment at Burnside Cemetery, Near Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minn.   Relatives: Daughter of Ezekiel Arrowsmith Moore and Flora Belle (McMillen) Moore; married, October 26, 1930, to John Pierce Anderson.   See also Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   Books about Eugenie Anderson: Mary Dupont, Mrs. Ambassador: The Life and Politics of Eugenie Anderson   Lotta P. Broadbridge — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Marine City, St. Clair County, Mich. 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.   Relatives: Daughter of Alfred Broadbridge and Jane Broadbridge.   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.   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. 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.   Relatives: Daughter of Walter Simms Hallanan; married to Harold "Kenny" Kennison.   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. 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. 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. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Daughter of Frank Asa Sewell and Leila (Yates) Sewell; married, August 23, 1941, to Trimble B. Latting.   Image source: City of Oklahoma City   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. 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.   Relatives: Daughter of Sarah Lovica (Cushing) Freeman and William Elder Freeman; married, April 22, 1891, to Edgar Byron Penney.   Bernice T. Van der Vries (b. 1890) — of Winnetka, Cook County, Ill. Born in Holton, Jackson County, Kan., February 14, 1890. Republican. Member of Illinois state house of representatives 7th District, 1935-42. Female. Episcopalian. Member, League of Women Voters; Daughters of the American Revolution; Pi Beta Phi. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to John N. Van der Vries.   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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