Ruth Baker Pratt

Ruth Baker Pratt
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 17th district
In office
March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933
Preceded byWilliam W. Cohen
Succeeded byTheodore A. Peyser
Personal details
BornRuth Sears Baker
(1877-08-24)August 24, 1877
Ware, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedAugust 23, 1965(1965-08-23) (aged 87)
Glen Cove, New York, U.S.
PartyRepublican
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1904; died 1927)​
Children5, including Edwin
Alma materWellesley College
Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox officeholder with deprecated parameter "image name". Replace with "image".

Ruth Sears Pratt (née Baker; August 24, 1877 – August 23, 1965) was an American politician and the first female U.S. representative to be elected from New York.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.