Catherine Dean May
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Catherine May | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Washington's 4th district | |
In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 | |
Preceded by | Hal Holmes |
Succeeded by | Mike McCormack |
Member of the Washington House of Representatives for the 14th district | |
In office 1953–1959 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Catherine Dean Barnes May 18, 1914 Yakima, Washington, U.S. |
Died | May 28, 2004 Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. | (aged 90)
Political party | Republican |
Education | Yakima Valley College University of Washington (BS) University of Southern California |
Catherine Dean May (May 18, 1914 – May 28, 2004) was a
Early life, education, and career
May was born as Catherine Dean Barnes in
She taught English at Chehalis High School from 1937 to 1940 and was women's editor and a news broadcaster in Tacoma, Washington, in 1941 and 1942.[2] She headed the radio department for a Seattle advertising agency from 1942 to 1943, and a Seattle insurance company from 1943 to 1944. She then became a writer and assistant commentator for the National Broadcasting Company in New York City from 1944 to 1946 before returning to the Northwest to become women's editor at station KIT in Yakima from 1948 to 1957. She worked as an office manager and medical secretary at the Yakima Medical Center in 1957 and 1958 and served as president of Bedell Associates.
Political career
May served as member of the
In 1958, May was elected as a
Upon her marriage to Donald W. Bedell on November 14, 1970, she was known as Catherine May Bedell.
She was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-second Congress in 1970 and subsequently served on the United States International Trade Commission from 1971 to 1975 and again from 1979 through 1980.[2] In 1982, she was a Special Consultant to the President on the 50 States Project. In 2004, she was the president of Bedell Associates in Palm Desert, California.[1]
She died on May 28, 2004, in Rancho Mirage, California.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "May, Catherine Dean (1914–)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale. 2002.
- ^ a b c Tate, Cassandra (December 2, 2008). "May, Catherine Dean Barnes (Bedell) (1914–2004)". HistoryLink. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Obituaries: Catherine Dean May Bedell, elected to U.S. House 6 times, dies". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. June 3, 2004. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
- United States Congress. "Catherine Dean May (id: M000273)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
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