US Congresswoman. She left a substantial legacy on education and welfare policy, and women's issues because of her influence and hard work. Director of Public Relations, Oregon Education Associations; Democratic candidate for Secretary of State of Oregon in 1952; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968, and served as Chairman of state delegation in 1960 and 1968; United States delegate to the Interparliamentary conference in Switzerland in 1958; congressional delegate to NATO conference in London in 1959; delegate, UNESCO General Conference, 1964 and 1966; member, Presidential Commission on Status of Women; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955; until her resignation December 31, 1975; professor of government at Warner Pacific College; appointed to Oregon Board of Higher Education in 1979.
US Congresswoman. She left a substantial legacy on education and welfare policy, and women's issues because of her influence and hard work. Director of Public Relations, Oregon Education Associations; Democratic candidate for Secretary of State of Oregon in 1952; delegate, Democratic National Conventions, 1956, 1960, 1964, and 1968, and served as Chairman of state delegation in 1960 and 1968; United States delegate to the Interparliamentary conference in Switzerland in 1958; congressional delegate to NATO conference in London in 1959; delegate, UNESCO General Conference, 1964 and 1966; member, Presidential Commission on Status of Women; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955; until her resignation December 31, 1975; professor of government at Warner Pacific College; appointed to Oregon Board of Higher Education in 1979.
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