Happy Birthday: March 13, 1916 (2013): Lindy Boggs (Marie Morrison Claiborne Boggs) was a United States political figure who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1973 – 1991) and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana. She was also a permanent chairwoman of the 1976 Democratic National Convention, which met in New York City to nominate the Carter-Mondale ticket. She was the first female to preside over a major party convention. Boggs was the widow of former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives Hale Boggs, and the mother of four children: Cokie Roberts (a television journalist).
Posted on: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:39:40 +0000
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