Bosone, Reva Beck

Reva Beck Bosone was born 2 April 1895 in American Fork, Utah. She graduated from Westminister College and the University of California, Berkeley, before teaching high school in Utah. She married Harold G. Cutler in 1920, but they divorced a year later. She married her second husband, Joseph P. Bosone, in 1929 while they were both law students at the University of Utah. After graduating the couple opened a law office together in Helper, Utah. Reva and Joseph had a daughter in 1930, but divorced in 1939. She gained a seat in the Utah House of Representatives in the Democratic sweep of 1932, and was reelected in 1934. In 1936 she became the first woman to be elected a judge in Utah. During World War II Bosone served on the Salt Lake County Welfare Commission. In 1945 she was appointed an official observer at the organizing conference of the United Nations. In 1948 Judge Bosone was elected to the United States Congress. She served two terms, and became the first woman to serve on the Interior Committee. Her reelection campaign of 1952 failed due to accusations of being a communist sympathizer. She retired to pursue her law practice and worked as an office assistant. She died 21 July 1983.

From the description of Reva Beck Bosone papers, 1896-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699330

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