Kelly, Edna F. (Edna Flannery), 1906-1997

Edna Kelly (née Flannery; August 20, 1906 – December 14, 1997) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1949 to 1969. She was the first woman to represent Brooklyn, New York in Congress.

Born Edna Patricia Flannery in East Hampton, New York, she graduated from East Hampton High School in 1924 and, in 1928 received a BA in history and economics from Hunter College in New York City. In the fall of 1928, Edna Flannery married Edward Kelly, a Brooklyn lawyer. In 1942, Edward Kelly was appointed as a judge on the New York City court; less than eight months later, however, he was killed in an automobile accident.

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