Ella T. Grasso AKA Ella Rose Tambussi Grasso Born: 10-May-1919 Birthplace: Windsor Locks, CT Died: 5-Feb-1981 Location of death: Hartford, CT Cause of death: Cancer - Ovarian Remains: Buried, St. Mary's Cemetery, Windsor Locks, CT
Gender: Female Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States Executive summary: First woman elected governor of Connecticut Never lost an election. Husband: Thomas A. Grasso (school principal; m. 1942) Daughter: (b. 1948) Son: (b. 1951)
University: BA, Mount Holyoke College (1940) University: MA Sociology and Economics, Mount Holyoke College (1942)
Governor of Connecticut (1975-80, resigned for health reasons) US Congressman, Connecticut 6th (1971-75) Connecticut Secretary of State (1959-71) Connecticut State House of Representatives (1953-57) Democratic National Committee 1956-58 Presidential Medal of Freedom 1981 (posthumous) Time Person of the Year 1975, American Women Phi Beta Kappa Society League of Women Voters Urban League Italian Ancestry
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