Woodhouse, Chase Going, 1890-1984
Chase Going Woodhouse (March 3, 1890 – December 12, 1984) was a prominent feminist leader, suffragist, and educator. She served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the Second Congressional District of Connecticut, becoming the second Congresswoman from Connecticut, the first elected as a Democrat, and the first woman born outside the United States in either chamber of the U.S. Congress.
Born Chase Going to American parents in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, she attended Science Hill School, Shelbyville, Kentucky before earning Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in Economics from McGill University in 1912 and 1914, respectively. After graduating from McGill University, she began her career as a college professor and spent part of it as a well-known political figure in the women's suffrage movement and later in the Democratic Party of the State of Connecticut. While serving as a fellow in political economics at the University of Chicago, Chase Going met and eventually married a professor of government there, Edward Woodhouse.
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