Capps, Lois, 1938-

Lois Ragnhild Grimsrud Capps (born January 10, 1938) is an American nurse, professor, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. Representative for three California congressional districts from 1998 to 2017.

Born Lois Raghnild Grimsrud in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, she moved to Kalispell, Montana as a child, graduating from Flathead County High School in 1955. She earned a bachelor of science in nursing from Pacific Lutheran University in 1959, a master’s in religion from Yale University in 1964, and a master’s in education from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1990. She married Walter Capps, a theology professor, in 1960. From 1960 to 1964, Lois Capps worked as a nursing instructor and head nurse at the Yale New Haven Hospital and as a staff nurse in Hamden, Connecticut. When the family moved to California, Capps worked as an elementary school nurse in Santa Barbara County, California, from 1968 to 1970 and again from 1977 to 1996. She also taught part-time at the Santa Barbara City College from 1983 to 1995.

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