Honeyman, Nan Wood, 1881-1970
Nan Wood Honeyman (July 15, 1881 – December 10, 1970) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman elected to the United States Congress from Oregon in 1936, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1937 to 1939.
Born Nan Wood in West Point, New York, she grew up in Portland, Oregon, attending private schools before graduating from St. Helen’s Hall in 1898. She later attended the Finch School in New York City for three years, where she studied music and established a lifelong friendship with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. In 1907 she married David Taylor Honeyman, secretary-treasurer of the Honeyman Hardware Company in Portland. Nan Honeyman became active in local and state politics in her late 40s as an anti-Prohibition activist.
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