Vucanovich, Barbara F. (Barbara Farrell), 1921-2013
Barbara Farrell Vucanovich (June 22, 1921 – June 10, 2013) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first Latina elected to the United States House of Representatives as well as the first woman elected to the House from Nevada, representing its 2nd Congressional district from 1983 to 1997.
Born Barbara Farrell in Camp Dix, New Jersey, she was raised in Albany, New York, graduating from the Albany Academy for Girls in 1938 before attending the Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart from 1938 to 1939. She married James Henry Bugden at the age of 18 but became separated when her husband was assigned overseas during the war. She was employed by several New York businesses during the 1940s. In 1949, she moved to Reno, Nevada and obtained a divorce. In 1950 she married Kenneth Dillon. Widowed in 1964, she married George Vucanovich in 1965. They met while working on Lieutenant Governor Paul Laxalt's unsuccessful campaign in 1964 for the U.S. Senate. While raising her family, Barbara Vucanovich also owned and operated a speed reading school and a travel agency.
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