7661401 - William Lydgate

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7661401 - William Lydgate

1976

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This file contains a notice that January 16 has been set aside by Governor Ella Grasso as Martin Luther King Day in Connecticut.

3 pages

eng, Latn

Gerald R. Ford Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11620983

Gerald R. Ford Library

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Grasso, Ella, 1919-1981

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Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso, née Tambussi (May 10, 1919 – February 5, 1981) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd Governor of Connecticut from January 8, 1975, to December 31, 1980, after rejecting past offers of candidacies for Senate and Governor. She was the first woman elected to this office and the first woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state without having been the spouse or widow of a former governor. She resigned as governor due t...