1877 - 1975
Virginia E. Jenckes Politician
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| Birthday |
6th November, 1877
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| Birthplace |
Terre Haute, Indiana
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| Died |
9th January, 1975
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| Place of Death |
Terre Haute, Indiana
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| Buried |
Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, USA
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| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio
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| Occupation |
Politician
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Virginia Ellis Jenckes (November 6, 1877 – January 9, 1975) served three terms as a U.S. Representative (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939) from Indiana's Sixth Congressional District. The Terre Haute, Indiana, native was the first woman from Indiana to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Alongside Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy, she was the second woman Representative from the Midwest and the first who was not succeeding a male relative. In 1937 she became the first American woman appointed as a U.S. delegate to the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Paris, France. The outspoken, independent-minded farmer from Vigo County was an advocate for women and became known for her support of flood-control measures and repeal of Prohibition, as well as her opposition to communism. Jenckes's most significant accomplishment for her Indiana constituents was obtaining an $18 million appropriation for the Wabash River basin that eventually became law.
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