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in chronological order
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Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) —
also known as Anna Eleanor Roosevelt —
of Hyde Park, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
11, 1884.
Democrat. First Lady
of the United States, 1933-45; delegate to the United Nations
General Assembly, 1945-53; member, United Nations Commission on Human
Rights; newspaper
columnist;
speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1952,
1956,
1960;
member, President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-62.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters; NAACP.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1973.
Died, of tuberculosis,
in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., November
7, 1962 (age 78 years, 27
days).
Interment at Roosevelt
Home, Hyde Park, N.Y.
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Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) —
also known as Margaret Chase —
of Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, December
14, 1897.
Republican. School
teacher; business executive for Maine Telephone
& Telegraph
Co., for a country newspaper,
and for the Cummings Woolen Co.;
member of Maine
Republican State Committee, 1930-36; U.S.
Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1940-49; U.S.
Senator from Maine, 1949-73; defeated, 1972; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1964.
Female.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1973; received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, 1989.
Died May 29,
1995 (age 97 years, 166
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Margaret
Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) —
also known as Elizabeth Smith Cady —
of Seneca Falls, Seneca
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Johnstown, Fulton
County, N.Y., November
12, 1815.
Candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York, 1868.
Female.
Member, American
Anti-Slavery Society.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1973.
Died, of heart
failure, in Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., October
26, 1902 (age 86 years, 348
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Daniel
Cady and Margaret (Livingston) Cady; married, May 1,
1840, to Henry
Brewster Stanton; granddaughter of James
Livingston; second great-granddaughter of Robert
Livingston the Younger and Dirck
Ten Broeck; third great-granddaughter of Pieter
Schuyler (1657-1724); third great-grandniece of Robert
Livingston the Elder and Johannes
Schuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-granddaughter of Dirck
Wesselse Ten Broeck; first cousin of Gerrit
Smith; first cousin twice removed of Jeremiah
Van Rensselaer and Robert
Van Rensselaer; first cousin thrice removed of Philip
P. Schuyler; first cousin four times removed of John
Livingston, Robert
Livingston (1688-1775), Gilbert
Livingston, Johannes
Schuyler (1697-1746) and Cornelis
Cuyler; first cousin five times removed of David
Davidse Schuyler and Myndert
Davidtse Schuyler; second cousin once removed of Robert
R. Livingston (1746-1813), Edward
Livingston (1764-1836), Stephen
Van Rensselaer, Peter
Robert Livingston (1766-1847), Philip
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jacob
Rutsen Van Rensselaer, Philip
Jeremiah Schuyler, Maturin
Livingston, Rensselaer
Westerlo and Edward
Philip Livingston; second cousin twice removed of Pieter
Schuyler (1746-1792) and Peter
Samuel Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed of Stephanus
Bayard, Robert
Livingston (1708-1790), Peter
Van Brugh Livingston, Robert
Gilbert Livingston, Philip
Livingston, Robert
R. Livingston (1718-1775), Pierre
Van Cortlandt, William
Livingston, Philip
John Schuyler, Matthew
Clarkson (1733-1800) and Stephen
John Schuyler; third cousin of Philip
Schuyler, James
Alexander Hamilton, Peter
Robert Livingston (1789-1859), Edward
Livingston (1796-1840) and Henry
Bell Van Rensselaer; third cousin once removed of Henry
Walter Livingston, Peter
Gansevoort, John
Jacob Astor III, Kiliaen
Van Rensselaer and Cortlandt
Schuyler Van Rensselaer; third cousin twice removed of Nicholas
Bayard, Peter
Robert Livingston (1737-1794), Walter
Livingston, Philip
Peter Livingston, Philip
Van Cortlandt, Henry
Brockholst Livingston, Matthew
Clarkson (1758-1825), Pierre
Van Cortlandt Jr., James
Parker, William
Waldorf Astor, Robert
Ray Hamilton, Peter
Goelet Gerry, Ogden
Livingston Mills and Robert
Reginald Livingston; third cousin thrice removed of William
Astor Chanler, Lewis
Stuyvesant Chanler and John
Eliot Thayer Jr.; fourth cousin once removed of Jeremiah
Mason, Peter
Augustus Jay, William
Alexander Duer, John
Duer, William
Jay, Charles
Ludlow Livingston, Hamilton
Fish, George
Washington Schuyler, John
Cortlandt Parker and Philip
N. Schuyler. |
| | | Political families: Livingston-Schuyler
family of New York; Roosevelt
family of New York (subsets of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — National
Women's Hall of Fame |
| | | Books about Elizabeth Cady Stanton:
Lori D. Ginzberg, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton: An American Life |
| | | Image source: American Monthly Review
of Reviews, December 1902 |
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Carrie Chapman Catt (1859-1947) —
also known as Carrie Lane; Carrie Chapman —
of Mason City, Cerro
Gordo County, Iowa; New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Ripon, Fond du Lac
County, Wis., January
9, 1859.
School
teacher; superintendent
of schools; woman suffrage activist; president, National American
Woman Suffrage Association, 1900-04 (succeeding Susan B. Anthony) and
1915-20; founder of the League of Women Voters; Dry candidate for delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1982.
Died, from a heart
attack, in New Rochelle, Westchester
County, N.Y., March 9,
1947 (age 88 years, 59
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Frances Perkins (1882-1965) —
also known as Mrs. Paul Caldwell Wilson —
of Newcastle, Lincoln
County, Maine.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April
10, 1882.
Democrat. Sociologist;
New York State Industrial Commissioner, 1929-33; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1933-45; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1948.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union.
First
woman to serve in the Cabinet; inducted, National Women's Hall of
Fame, 1982.
Died in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., May 14,
1965 (age 83 years, 34
days).
Interment at Cemetery
on River Road, Newcastle, Maine.
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Barbara Charline Jordan (1936-1996) —
also known as Barbara Jordan —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., February
21, 1936.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state senate, 1967; U.S.
Representative from Texas 18th District, 1973-79; speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1988.
Female.
African
ancestry. Lesbian.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1990; received the Spingarn
Medal in 1992, and the Presidential
Medal of Freedom in 1994.
Died of leukemia
and multiple
sclerosis, January
17, 1996 (age 59 years, 330
days).
Interment at Texas
State Cemetery, Austin, Tex.
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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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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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Ella Tambussi Grasso (1919-1981) —
also known as Ella T. Grasso; Ella Rose
Tambussi —
of Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born in Windsor Locks, Hartford
County, Conn., May 10,
1919.
Democrat. Member of Connecticut
state house of representatives, 1953-57; member of Democratic
National Committee from Connecticut, 1956-58; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Connecticut, 1956
(alternate), 1960,
1968;
co-chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, co-chair, 1964,
co-chair, 1968;
secretary
of state of Connecticut, 1959-71; delegate
to Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,
1965; U.S.
Representative from Connecticut 6th District, 1971-75; Governor of
Connecticut, 1975-80; resigned 1980.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Urban
League; American
Association of University Women; League of Women
Voters; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1981; inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died in Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn., February
5, 1981 (age 61 years, 271
days).
Interment at St.
Mary's Cemetery, Windsor Locks, Conn.
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Martha Wright Griffiths (1912-2003) —
also known as Martha W. Griffiths; Martha Edna
Wright —
of Detroit, Wayne
County, Mich.; Armada, Macomb
County, Mich.
Born in Pierce City, Lawrence
County, Mo., January
29, 1912.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Michigan
Democratic State Central Committee, 1947; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,
1949-52; defeated in primary, 1946; U.S.
Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1955-74; defeated,
1952; recorder's court judge in Michigan, 1953; appointed 1953;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, 1956,
1968,
1984,
1988;
Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1983-90.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Order
of the Eastern Star; American
Association of University Women.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died in Armada, Macomb
County, Mich., April
22, 2003 (age 91 years, 83
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Fannie Lou Hamer (1917-1977) —
also known as Fannie Lou Townsend —
Born in Montgomery
County, Miss., October
6, 1917.
Civil rights and voting rights activist; founder of Mississippi
Freedom Democratic Party; in September 1962, in retaliation for her
attempt to vote, she was shot
at in a drive-by shooting; in 1963, along with other civil
rights activists en route to a conference, she was arrested,
and suffered an almost
fatal beating by police; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Mississippi, 1964; candidate for Mississippi
state senate, 1971.
Female.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1995.
Died in Mound Bayou, Bolivar
County, Miss., March
14, 1977 (age 59 years, 159
days).
Interment at Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden, Ruleville, Miss.
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Relatives:
Daughter of James Lee Townsend and Ella Townsend; married 1945 to Perry
Hamer. |
| | | Epitaph: "I am sick and tired of being
sick and tired." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — Find-A-Grave
memorial |
| | | Image source: Library of
Congress |
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Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., September
14, 1921.
Democrat. Member of New York
state senate 21st District, 1964-65; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1964;
borough
president of Manhattan, New York, 1965-66; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1966-86;
took senior status 1986.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1993; received the Spingarn
Medal in 2003.
Died, from congestive
heart failure, in NYU Downtown Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., September
28, 2005 (age 84 years, 14
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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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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Geraldine Anne Ferraro (1935-2011) —
also known as Geraldine Ferraro —
of Forest Hills, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Newburgh, Orange
County, N.Y., August
26, 1935.
Democrat. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New York 9th District, 1979-85; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1980,
1984
(chair, Platform
Committee), 1996;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1984; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1992, 1998.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1994.
Died, from multiple
myeloma, in Massachusetts General Hospital,
Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
26, 2011 (age 75 years, 212
days).
Interment at St.
John's Cemetery, Middle Village, Queens, N.Y.
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Elizabeth Hanford Dole (b. 1936) —
also known as Elizabeth Dole; Liddy Dole; Mary
Elizabeth Hanford —
of North Carolina.
Born in Salisbury, Rowan
County, N.C., July 29,
1936.
Republican. Member, Federal Trade Commission, 1973-79; U.S.
Secretary of Transportation, 1983-87; U.S.
Secretary of Labor, 1989-90; president, American Red Cross,
1991-2000; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 2000;
U.S.
Senator from North Carolina, 2003-.
Female.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1995.
Still living as of 2014.
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Sandra Day O'Connor (b. 1930) —
also known as Sandra Day —
of Paradise Valley, Maricopa
County, Ariz.
Born in El Paso, El Paso
County, Tex., March
26, 1930.
Republican. Member of Arizona
state senate, 1969-74; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Arizona, 1972;
superior court judge in Arizona, 1975-79; Judge,
Arizona Court of Appeals, 1979-81; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1981-2006.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Order of
the Coif.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1995.
Still living as of 2019.
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Patricia Scott Schroeder (b. 1940) —
also known as Patricia Schroeder; Pat Schroeder;
Patricia Nell Scott —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 30,
1940.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 1st District, 1973-97; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1988,
1996;
Co-Chair, 1984;
co-chair, Credentials Committee, co-chair, 1988;
speaker, 1988.
Female.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; League of Women
Voters.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1995.
Still living as of 2014.
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Oveta Culp Hobby (1905-1995) —
also known as Oveta Culp; Mrs. William P.
Hobby —
of Houston, Harris
County, Tex.
Born in Killeen, Bell
County, Tex., January
19, 1905.
Democrat. Parliamentarian, Texas House of Representatives, 1926-31,
1939-41; served in Women's Army Corps during World War II; president,
editor and publisher of Houston Post newspaper;
director, radio
station KPRC; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1953-55; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Junior
League.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1996.
Died, from a stroke,
in Houston, Harris
County, Tex., August
16, 1995 (age 90 years, 209
days).
Interment at Glenwood
Cemetery, Houston, Tex.
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Madeleine Korbel Albright (b. 1937) —
also known as Madeleine K. Albright; Marie Jana
Korbelova; Madeleine Korbel —
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czechia),
May
15, 1937.
University
professor; U.S. Representative to United Nations, 1993; U.S.
Secretary of State, 1997-2001.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Czech
and Jewish
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations.
First
woman to serve as Secretary of State. Inducted, National Women's
Hall of Fame, 1998.
Still living as of 2020.
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Rozanne Lejeanne Ridgway (b. 1935) —
also known as Rozanne L. Ridgway —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn., August
22, 1935.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Finland, 1977-80; East Germany, 1982.
Female.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1998.
Still living as of 1998.
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Edith Nourse Rogers (1881-1960) —
also known as Edith Frances Nourse —
of Lowell, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Saco, York
County, Maine, 1881.
Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Massachusetts; U.S.
Representative from Massachusetts 5th District, 1925-60; died in
office 1960.
Female.
Congregationalist;
later Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion Auxiliary.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 1998.
Died in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., September
10, 1960 (age about 79
years).
Interment at Lowell
Cemetery, Lowell, Mass.
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Janet Reno (1938-2016) —
of Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Miami, Dade County (now Miami-Dade
County), Fla., July 21,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
Dade County State's Attorney, 1978-93; U.S.
Attorney General, 1993-2001; the first
female U.S. attorney general; candidate for Governor of
Florida, 2002.
Female.
Danish
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Inducted, Florida Women's Hall of
Fame, 1993; inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2000.
Died in Miami, Miami-Dade
County, Fla., November
7, 2016 (age 78 years, 109
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927) —
also known as Victoria California Claflin —
Born in Homer, Licking
County, Ohio, September
23, 1838.
Candidate for President
of the United States, 1872, 1888 (Equal Rights).
Female.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2001.
Died in Bredon's Norton, Worcester (now Bredon, Worcestershire), England,
June
9, 1927 (age 88 years, 259
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered in English Channel; cenotaph at Tewkesbury Abbey, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) —
also known as Joan Ruth Bader —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., March
15, 1933.
Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, 1980-93; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1993-.
Female.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Civil
Liberties Union; American
Jewish Congress; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2002.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
18, 2020 (age 87 years, 187
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) —
also known as Patricia Roberts —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born in Mattoon, Coles
County, Ill., May 31,
1924.
Democrat. Candidate for Presidential Elector for District of
Columbia; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of
Columbia, 1964;
U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1965-67; U.S.
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 1977-79; U.S.
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, 1979-80; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1980-81.
Female.
African
ancestry.
First
African-American woman cabinet member; inducted, National Women's
Hall of Fame, 2003.
Died in Washington,
D.C., March
23, 1985 (age 60 years, 296
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Patsy Takemoto Mink (1927-2002) —
also known as Patsy T. Mink; "Patsy
Pink" —
of Waipahu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii; Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii.
Born in Paia, Island of Maui, Maui
County, Hawaii, December
6, 1927.
Democrat. Member of Hawaii
territorial House of Representatives, 1956-58; member of Hawaii
territorial senate, 1958-59; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Hawaii, 1960,
1980,
1996,
2000;
member of Hawaii
state senate, 1962-64; U.S.
Representative from Hawaii, 1965-77, 1990-2002 (at-large 1965-71,
2nd District 1971-77, 1990-2002); died in office 2002; candidate for
Democratic nomination for President, 1972;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Hawaii, 1976; candidate for Governor of
Hawaii, 1986; candidate for mayor
of Honolulu, Hawaii, 1988.
Female.
Protestant.
Asian/Pacific
ancestry. Member, NAACP; Americans
for Democratic Action.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2003.
Died, of pneumonia,
at the Straub Clinic and Hospital,
Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu
County, Hawaii, September
28, 2002 (age 74 years, 296
days).
Interment at National
Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Island of Oahu,
Hawaii.
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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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Hillary Rodham Clinton (b. 1947) —
also known as Hillary Clinton; Hillary Diane Rodham;
"Hill"; "Evergreen" —
of Chappaqua, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
26, 1947.
Democrat. Lawyer; First Lady
of the United States, 1993-2001; U.S.
Senator from New York, 2001-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New York, 2004,
2008
(speaker);
candidate for Democratic nomination for President, 2008;
U.S.
Secretary of State, 2009-13; candidate for President
of the United States, 2016.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, Phi
Alpha Delta.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2005.
Still living as of 2022.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Hugh Ellsworth Rodham and Dorothy Emma (Howell) Rodham;
sister of Hugh
Edwin Rodham; married, October
11, 1975, to William
Jefferson Clinton; mother of Chelsea Clinton (daughter-in-law of
Edward
Maurice Mezvinsky and Marjorie
Margolies-Mezvinsky). |
| | | Political family: Clinton
family of Wadesboro, North Carolina (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — Ballotpedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Internet Movie Database
profile — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — National
Women's Hall of Fame |
| | | Books by Hillary Clinton: Living
History (2003) — An
Invitation To The White House : At Home With History
(2000) — It
Takes A Village |
| | | Books about Hillary Clinton: Joe
Conason, The
Hunting of the President : The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and
Hillary Clinton — Donnie Radcliffe, Hillary
Rodham Clinton : A First Lady for Our Time — Gene
Lyons, Fools
for Scandal : How the Media Invented Whitewater — Gail
Sheehy, Hillary's
Choice — Michael Tomasky, Hillary's
Turn : Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate
Campaign — Sidney Blumenthal, The
Clinton Wars — Bernard Ryan, Jr., Hillary
Clinton : First Lady and Senator — Susan Estrich, The
Case For Hillary Clinton — Dick Morris and Eileen
McGann, Condi
vs. Hillary : The Next Great Presidential Race — Jeff
Gerth & Don Van Natta, Jr., Her
Way : The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Susan Morrison, ed., Thirty
Ways of Looking at Hillary: Reflections by Women
Writers — Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes, HRC:
State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton |
| | | Critical books about Hillary Clinton:
Barbara Olson, Hell
to Pay : The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham
Clinton — Peggy Noonan, The
Case Against Hillary Clinton — R. Emmet Tyrell, Jr.,
Madame
Hillary : The Dark Road to the White House — Jack
Cashill, Ron
Brown's Body : How One Man's Death Saved the Clinton Presidency and
Hillary's Future — Christopher Hitchens, No
One Left To Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family —
Carl Limbacher, Hillary's
Scheme : Inside the Next Clinton's Ruthless Agenda to Take the White
House — Ed Klein, The
Truth About Hillary : What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far
She'll Go to Become President — Dick Morris, Rewriting
History — David N. Bossie, Hillary:
The Politics of Personal Destruction — Joyce Milton,
The
First Partner: Hillary Rodham Clinton |
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Winona LaDuke (b. 1959) —
of Ponsford, Becker
County, Minn.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., 1959.
Green. Candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1996, 2000; received one
electoral vote for Vice-President, 2016.
Female.
Ojibwe
Indian ancestry.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2007.
Still living as of 2016.
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Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) —
also known as Coretta Scott —
of Montgomery, Montgomery
County, Ala.
Born in Heiberger, Perry
County, Ala., April
27, 1927.
Democrat. Speaker, Democratic National Convention, 1984,
1988.
Female.
African
ancestry.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2011.
Died in Playas de Rosarito, Baja
California, January
30, 2006 (age 78 years, 278
days).
Entombed at King
Center Grounds, Atlanta, Ga.
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Barbara Ann Mikulski (b. 1936) —
also known as Barbara A. Mikulski —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., July 20,
1936.
Democrat. U.S.
Representative from Maryland 3rd District, 1977-87; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1987-2017; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Catholic.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2011.
Still living as of 2019.
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Donna Edna Shalala (b. 1941) —
also known as Donna E. Shalala —
of Coral Gables, Miami-Dade
County, Fla.
Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, February
14, 1941.
Democrat. Served
in the Peace Corps; university
professor; president,
Hunter College, City University of New York, 1980-88; chancellor,
University of Wisconsin, 1988-92; U.S.
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1993-2001; president,
University of Miami, 2001-15; U.S.
Representative from Florida 27th District, 2019-.
Female.
Lebanese
ancestry. Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Trilateral
Commission; American
Federation of Teachers.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2011.
Still living as of 2019.
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Nancy Pelosi (b. 1940) —
also known as Annunciata D'Alesandro —
of San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Baltimore,
Md., March
26, 1940.
Democrat. California
Democratic state chair, 1981-83; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1988,
1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
speaker, 1984,
1996;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1987-2018 (5th District 1987-93,
8th District 1993-2013, 12th District 2013-18); member of Democratic
National Committee from California, 2004-08.
Female.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry.
Inducted, National Women's Hall of Fame, 2013.
Still living as of 2019.
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Relatives:
Daughter of Thomas
Ludwig John D'Alesandro Jr. and Annunciata (Lombardi)
D'Alesandro; sister of Thomas
Ludwig John D'Alesandro III; married, September
7, 1963, to Paul
Francis Pelosi (brother of Ronald
Virgil Pelosi); mother of Christine
Pelosi. |
| | | Political family: Pelosi-D'Alesandro
family of San Francisco, California. |
| | | Cross-reference: Cecile
Richards |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier — OurCampaigns
candidate detail — National
Women's Hall of Fame |
| | | Books by Nancy Pelosi: Know
Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters, with Amy Hill
Hearth (2009) |
| | | Books about Nancy Pelosi: Marc
Sandalow, Madam
Speaker: Nancy Pelosi's Life, Times, and Rise to
Power — Ronald M. Peters, Speaker
Nancy Pelosi and the New American Politics — Vincent
Bzdek, Woman
of the House: The Rise of Nancy Pelosi |
| | | Critical books about Nancy Pelosi:
Rochelle Schweizer, She's
the Boss: The Disturbing Truth About Nancy Pelosi |
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