U.S. Congresswoman. She graduated from Westminster Junior College, in 1917, from the University of California, in 1919 and taught high school, (1920-27). She graduated from the University of Utah College of Law, in 1930, was admitted to the bar, then practiced law in Helper, Utah, (1931-33) and Salt Lake City, (1933-36). She was a member of the Utah State House of Representatives, (1933-35), first director of Utah State Board for Education on Alcoholism, (1947-48) and Judge of Salt Lake City, (1936-49). In 1949, she was the first woman from Utah elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses, serving until 1953. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, she practiced law, was legal counsel to Safety and Compensation Subcommittee of House Committee on Education and Labor, (1957-60) and a judicial officer to the U.S. Post Office Department, (1961-68). Leaving public service, she retired to Virginia, until her death at age 88.

U.S. Congresswoman. She graduated from Westminster Junior College, in 1917, from the University of California, in 1919 and taught high school, (1920-27). She graduated from the University of Utah College of Law, in 1930, was admitted to the bar, then practiced law in Helper, Utah, (1931-33) and Salt Lake City, (1933-36). She was a member of the Utah State House of Representatives, (1933-35), first director of Utah State Board for Education on Alcoholism, (1947-48) and Judge of Salt Lake City, (1936-49). In 1949, she was the first woman from Utah elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and Eighty-second Congresses, serving until 1953. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, she practiced law, was legal counsel to Safety and Compensation Subcommittee of House Committee on Education and Labor, (1957-60) and a judicial officer to the U.S. Post Office Department, (1961-68). Leaving public service, she retired to Virginia, until her death at age 88.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith