Very incomplete list! | |  Bertha Sheppard Adkins (1906-1983) — also known asBertha S. Adkins — of Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.Born in Salisbury,WicomicoCounty, Md.,August24, 1906.Republican.Dean ofWomen, Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., 1934-42;Dean ofResidence, Bradford Junior College, Bradford, Mass., 1942-46;member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Maryland, 1948-58; delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from Maryland,1956(member,ResolutionsCommittee;speaker),1960(alternate).Female.Methodist.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;Pi Lambda Theta.Died in Oxford,TalbotCounty, Md.,January14, 1983 (age76 years, 143days).Interment atParsonsCemetery, Salisbury, Md. | | Annie Webb Blanton (1870-1945) — of Austin,TravisCounty, Tex.Born in Houston,HarrisCounty, Tex.,August19, 1870.Democrat.Collegeprofessor;Texassuperintendent of public instruction, 1919-23.Female.Methodist.Member,AmericanAssociation of University Women;Daughters of theAmerican Revolution;UnitedDaughters of the Confederacy;PhiBeta Kappa;KappaDelta Pi;Pi Lambda Theta;Pi GammaMu;DeltaKappa Gamma;Order of theEastern Star;Maccabees.Firstwoman to be elected to statewide office in Texas.DiedOctober2, 1945 (age75 years, 44days).Interment atOakwoodCemetery, Austin, Tex. | | Grace Holmes Carlson (b. 1906) — also known asGrace Carlson — of Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.Born in St. Paul,RamseyCounty, Minn.,November13, 1906.Socialist. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Minnesota, 1940 (Trotskyist Anti-War), 1946(Revolutionary Workers); Socialist Workers candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1948.Female.Member,SigmaXi;Pi Lambda Theta.Burial location unknown. | | Joyce A. Fadem (b. 1932) — also known asJoyce Abrams — of Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Los Angeles,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,February25, 1932.Democrat.Collegeinstructor; member ofCaliforniaDemocratic State Committee, 1960-64, 1966-72;secretary ofCalifornia Democratic Party, 1963-67; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1964.Female.Jewish. Member,PhiBeta Kappa;Pi Lambda Theta;Pi GammaMu;PiSigma Alpha.Still living as of 1973. | | Mary Louise Nice (b. 1911) — of Tonawanda,ErieCounty, N.Y.Born in Grand Island,ErieCounty, N.Y.,October22, 1911.Democrat.Schoolteacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from NewYork,1940,1944(alternate),1956;candidate forU.S.Representative from New York 42nd District, 1948, 1950.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Pi Lambda Theta.Burial location unknown.  | Chase Going Woodhouse (1890-1984) — also known asChase Going;Mrs. E. J.Woodhouse —of New London,New LondonCounty, Conn.; Baltic, Sprague,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Victoria,BritishColumbia, of American parents,March 3,1890.Democrat.Economist;collegeprofessor; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromConnecticut,1940,1944;secretaryof state of Connecticut, 1941-43;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1945-47, 1949-51;defeated, 1946, 1950;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention 2nd District, 1965.Female.Member,League of WomenVoters;AmericanAssociation of University Women;Altrusa;Pi Lambda Theta;KappaDelta Pi.Died in New Canaan,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,December12, 1984 (age94 years, 284days).Cremated.
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