Elizabeth Eyre Pellet | |
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| Minority Leader of theColorado House of Representatives | |
| In office 1955–1956 | |
| Member of theColorado House of Representatives | |
| In office 1948–1964 | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Eyre (1887-01-15)January 15, 1887 |
| Died | April 7, 1976(1976-04-07) (aged 89) |
| Party | Democratic |
Elizabeth Eyre Pellet (néeElizabeth Eyre;[1] January 15, 1887 – April 7, 1976)[2] was an American actress,suffragist, and state legislator who served in the state ofColorado.[3] A Democrat, she represented southern Colorado counties ofDolores,Montezuma, andSan Miguel in theColorado House of Representatives, from 1948 to 1964, and asminority leader, from 1955 to 1956.[4] She was the first woman to serve as Colorado's House minority leader.
Elizabeth Eyre was born inSouth Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Connecticut on January 15, 1887.[2] She acted on Broadway and in a silent film,The Plunderer (1915). In New York she also marched as a suffragist. She was married in 1919 to lawyer Robert Lockwood Pellet (1872–1949).[2]
She moved to Colorado with her husband and they operated mines inRico, Colorado, where she was elected to the school board.[1] She wrote an autobiography titled,That Pellet Woman!(1965, published byStein and Day).[5] She worked to gain federal support to save and restore theRio Grande Southern Railroad.[6]
She was inducted into theColorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2016.[1]
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