Ann Cole Gannett (November 7, 1916 – September 15, 1997) was an American politician from Wayland, Massachusetts. Gannett represented the 53rd Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1969 to 1980.[2]
Career
Born to Ann Sheafe and Benjamin E. Cole in Brookline, Gannett graduated from Abbot Academy in Andover in 1933, and then from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie in 1937.[3]
In 1969, Gannett won a seat in the 53rd Middlesex of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She held the post until 1980.[2]
On September 15, 1997, Gannett died of heart failure in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.[citation needed]
See also
- 1969-1970 Massachusetts legislature
- 1971-1972 Massachusetts legislature
- 1973-1974 Massachusetts legislature
- 1975-1976 Massachusetts legislature
- 1977-1978 Massachusetts legislature
- 1979-1980 Massachusetts legislature
- List of Vassar College people
References
- ^ "Obituary for Benjamin "Ben" Hamlen Gannett | O'Donnell - Cremations - Funerals - Celebrations".
- ^ a b "History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015" (PDF). Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "Vassar Quarterly 1 October 1963 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive".