Knauer, Virginia Harrington Wright, 1915-2011

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Knauer, Virginia Harrington Wright, 1915-2011

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Virginia Harrington Wright

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Wright, Virginia Harrington, 1915-2011

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Knauer, Wilhelm F., Mrs., 1915-2011

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1915-03-28

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Virginia Knauer served as the Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs and Director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs (1969–1977 and 1981–1989). In 1959 she became the first Republican woman to be elected to the Philadelphia City Council, in which she served for eight years. She was appointed to the newly created post of chief consumer advisor to Pennsylvania Governor Ray Shafer. She was also the mentor and good friend of former North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole.

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https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n80155706

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10568724

https://viaf.org/viaf/267604784

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7934351

https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80155706

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