Research material for book on California's first women legislators, 1978-1981.
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Nolan, Mae Ella, 1886-1973
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Mae Ella Nolan (September 20, 1886 – July 9, 1973) was an American politician who became the fourth woman to serve in the United States Congress, the first woman elected to Congress from California, the first woman to chair a Congressional committee, the first Catholic woman to hold a seat in the House, and first to fill the seat left vacant by her husband's death. Born Mae Ella Hunt in San Francisco, she attended the public schools in San Francisco, St. Vincent’s Convent, and Ayers Business ...
