U.S. Congresswoman. After graduating from McGill University, Canada, in 1912, she worked at the University of Berlin, the University of Chicago, has on the faculty, Smith College, Massachusetts, (1918-25) and the faculty, Connecticut College, (1934-46). She also was managing director, of the Institute of Women's Professional Relations, Connecticut College, (1929-46), personnel director, of Woman's College, University of North Carolina, (1929-34) and senior economist, Bureau of Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, (1926-28). Plus she was consultant of the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel, War Manpower Commission, (1942-44), chairperson of the Democratic Town Committee, (1942-43), Connecticut Secretary of State, (1941-42) and president of the Connecticut Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs, (1943-48). In 1945, he was elected as a Democrat the first woman born outside the United States, to the Seventy-ninth Congress, serving until 1947. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, she served as the executive director, women's division, Democratic National Committee, Washington, D.C., (1947-48). In 1949, he was again elected to the Eighty-first Congress, serving until 1951. After leaving Congress, she was special assistant to the Director of Price Stabilization, (1951-53) and a member of Connecticut state Constitutional Convention, in 1965. Retiring from politics, she co-wrote three books and numerous articles, which centered on women's education, equal opportunity and their professional lives.
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From the CIO Vanguard, Oct. 1944, p. 12, "Mrs. Woodhouse Deserves Vote Of Labor":
- Democratic candidate for Secretary of State
- Professor of Economics at the Connecticut College for Women in New London
- 1917-1926, economics instructor at Smith College
- 1926: became senior economist in the Washington Bureau of Agriculture
- Served as chairman of the beauty industry section of the Connecticut Minimum Wage Board
- Has son and daughter
- Husband is Professor Edward J. Woodhouse
- Authored a book, with her husband, about the state and local governments of Connecticut
- Leader in the League of Women Voters
- Was President of the International Association of Altrusa Clubs for two terms
- 1934-37, spoke in nearly every state in the USA, as well as Mexico
- Cofounder and Managing Director of the Institute of Women's Professional Relations
U.S. Congresswoman. After graduating from McGill University, Canada, in 1912, she worked at the University of Berlin, the University of Chicago, has on the faculty, Smith College, Massachusetts, (1918-25) and the faculty, Connecticut College, (1934-46). She also was managing director, of the Institute of Women's Professional Relations, Connecticut College, (1929-46), personnel director, of Woman's College, University of North Carolina, (1929-34) and senior economist, Bureau of Home Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture, (1926-28). Plus she was consultant of the National Roster of Scientific and Specialized Personnel, War Manpower Commission, (1942-44), chairperson of the Democratic Town Committee, (1942-43), Connecticut Secretary of State, (1941-42) and president of the Connecticut Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs, (1943-48). In 1945, he was elected as a Democrat the first woman born outside the United States, to the Seventy-ninth Congress, serving until 1947. An unsuccessful candidate for reelection, she served as the executive director, women's division, Democratic National Committee, Washington, D.C., (1947-48). In 1949, he was again elected to the Eighty-first Congress, serving until 1951. After leaving Congress, she was special assistant to the Director of Price Stabilization, (1951-53) and a member of Connecticut state Constitutional Convention, in 1965. Retiring from politics, she co-wrote three books and numerous articles, which centered on women's education, equal opportunity and their professional lives.
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From the CIO Vanguard, Oct. 1944, p. 12, "Mrs. Woodhouse Deserves Vote Of Labor":
- Democratic candidate for Secretary of State
- Professor of Economics at the Connecticut College for Women in New London
- 1917-1926, economics instructor at Smith College
- 1926: became senior economist in the Washington Bureau of Agriculture
- Served as chairman of the beauty industry section of the Connecticut Minimum Wage Board
- Has son and daughter
- Husband is Professor Edward J. Woodhouse
- Authored a book, with her husband, about the state and local governments of Connecticut
- Leader in the League of Women Voters
- Was President of the International Association of Altrusa Clubs for two terms
- 1934-37, spoke in nearly every state in the USA, as well as Mexico
- Cofounder and Managing Director of the Institute of Women's Professional Relations
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
