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About Lindy Boggs
Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives 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 woman to preside over a major party convention.
Everything about Lindy Boggs →- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, ambassador, teacher
- Position held
- United States representative, United States Ambassador to the Holy See, ambassador, United States representative
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 13, 1916
- Died
- July 27, 2013