Younger, Mildred, 1920-

Mildred Younger was a Los Angeles native and the daughter of a lobbyist who taught her the political ropes. She became active in the Republican Party in the late 1940s and by 1952 was a rising star who seconded the presidential nomination of then-California Gov. Earl Warren at the first televised national political convention. She married Evelle Younger. He was elected to the Superior Court in 1958, became Los Angeles County district attorney in 1964 and state attorney general in 1970. His only losing campaign was his 1978 bid to replace popular Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.