- Ella Grasso - Wikipedia
Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso (née Tambussi; May 10, 1919 – February 5, 1981) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd governor of Connecticut from January 8, 1975, to December 31, 1980, after rejecting past offers of candidacies for Senate and governor
- America’s First Woman Governor: Ella Grasso, 1919-1981
Grasso was diagnosed with ovarian cancer during the spring of 1980 and her declining health forced her to resign on December 31 of that year She died at Hartford Hospital on February 5, 1981
- 50 years after being governor, Ella Grasso still inspires women
Ella Grasso spent much of her political career as one of only a handful of women in the room She changed Connecticut politics in 1974, though, when she was the first woman to be elected
- Grasso, Ella T. (1975-1980) - Governors of Connecticut 1639 . . .
Copies of Executive Orders issued by former Governor Ella Grasso, many of them from the collection of the Connecticut State Library - from archives of Malloy staff
- Ella Tambussi Grasso (1919-1981) - Find a Grave Memorial
Ella Tambussi Grasso Birth 10 May 1919 Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA Death 5 Feb 1981 (aged 61) Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
- Connecticut’s Favorite Daughter: Ella T. Grasso 1919-1981 - TIME
Ella Grasso, Connecticut’s favorite daughter, will be a hard act to follow Born in the mill town of Windsor Locks just outside Hartford, Ella Tambussi was the only child of Italian
- Remembering Ella Grasso, the first female governor in Connecticut
Fifty years ago, a rally of motorcyclists roared up to the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford demanding to see the then-governor, Ella T Grasso “They were large, scary-looking men in leather jackets,” Lt Gov Susan Bysiewicz, who wrote about the encounter in her book, Ella: A Biography of Ella Grasso, says about the motorcycle group
- Ella T. Grasso papers - Five College Consortium
The Articles, Sketches and Clippings series includes contemporary articles about her activities as a politician, as well as articles about women in politics, published after Grasso was elected Governor of Connecticut in 1974 This series also includes publications on her husband Thomas Grasso
- Ella T. Grasso - National Governors Association
ELLA T GRASSO was born Ella Rosa Giovanna Oliva Tambussi in Windsor Locks, Connecticut on May 10, 1919 She received a B A in 1940 and a M A in economics and sociology in 1942, both from Mt, Holyoke College In her junior year she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa In 1942 she married Thomas A Grasso During […]
- Ella Tambussi Grasso - CT Women’s Hall of Fame
In 1980, Grasso was diagnosed with ovarian cancer Ill-health led to her resignation in December of that year She died in Hartford on February 5, 1981 Admirers had speculated that she could be a future Vice President or Cabinet member, but Grasso’s loyalty remained with the state of Connecticut
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