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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | E. Jane Pratt |
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Wadesboro, North Carolina , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 05, 1902
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| Died | May 13, 1981
(79 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | PRATT, Eliza Jane, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Morven, Anson County, N.C., March 5, 1902; attended the public schools of Morven and Raeford, N.C., and Queens College at Charlotte, N.C.; newspaper editor at Troy, N.C., in 1923 and 1924; served as secretary to Members of Congress from the Eighth Congressional District of North Carolina 1924-1946
U.S. Representative (D-NC) 6/3/1946-1947; was the first woman to serve in this capacity from North Carolina. The next woman to serve in the U.S. House from North Carolina was Eva Clayton in 1993.
Employed with the Office of Alien Property, Washington, D.C., from 1947 to 1951; with Department of Agriculture from 1951 to 1954; with Library of Congress from 1954 to 1956; secretary to Representative A. Paul Kitchin of North Carolina from 1957 to 1962; served as public relations head for North Carolina Telephone Company; resided in Wadesboro, N.C.; died in Charlotte, N.C. May 13, 1981; interment in Raeford City Cemetery, Raeford, N.C.
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