U.S. Congresswoman. Wife of U.S. Congressman Patrick J. Boland, due to a heart attack death of her husband, by special election to fill the vacancy, she was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress, serving from 1942 to 1943. She was the first woman from Pennsylvania to serve in the United States Congress. Not a candidate for reelection, she worked as an executive secretary for the Dutch Manufacturing Company Pennsylvania until she retired in 1957.
U.S. Congresswoman. Wife of U.S. Congressman Patrick J. Boland, due to a heart attack death of her husband, by special election to fill the vacancy, she was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress, serving from 1942 to 1943. She was the first woman from Pennsylvania to serve in the United States Congress. Not a candidate for reelection, she worked as an executive secretary for the Dutch Manufacturing Company Pennsylvania until she retired in 1957.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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