Judy Agnew

Judy Agnew (2nd from left with husband)

Elinor Isabel "Judy" Judefind Agnew (born April 23, 1921 in Baltimore , Maryland , † June 20, 2012 in Rancho Mirage ( California )) was the widow of Spiro Agnews , the former Vice President of the United States .

Her father William Lee Judefind was a chemist , her mother Ruth Elinor Schafer was a housewife. Her paternal grandfather was a Methodist clergyman.

Youth and professional life

Agnew had admitted in an interview that her father believed college was a waste for women, which is why she took up a job as an archivist instead of such an education. While working for the Maryland Casuality Company, she met Theodore Agnew, whom she called "Spiro". On their first date, they went to the movies and bought chocolate milkshakes afterwards.

Marriage and Second Lady time in the United States

Judefind married Agnew on May 27, 1942 in Baltimore; he'd graduated from Army Officer Candidate School just two months earlier. They had four children: Pamela Lee, James Rand, Susan Scott and Elinor Kimberly.

While the family lived in Annapolis , Judy Agnew served as president of the local parent council and volunteered as a Girl Scout director and board member for the nonprofit Kiwanis Club. The press popularized her as a woman who served cocktails in peanut butter glasses. She was First Lady of Maryland from January 1967 to January 1969.

When Richard Nixon nominated her husband as a candidate for vice president , Judy Agnew's reaction was "are you getting out of there?" When the press asked her opinion on her husband's candidacy, she replied that she was just trying to keep the ashtrays clean.

Agnew preferred to stay away from political discussions during her time as second lady. She stated in the 1967 Evening Sun that she made "minor comments" on various occasions but was not a speaker. She is not a “real election campaigner”. In 1970 she told the parade that if asked about graduation, she would proudly say her major was "marriage." Still, she made some political statements during her time as a second lady. In 1971 she described some actions by feminists as "stupid", and she no longer needed to be liberated. A letter to the editor published by McCall’s magazine in response to her statement accused Agnew of setting emancipation back a hundred years.

Agnew is also quoted by the New York Times as saying that she had "no use" for hippies , although she admitted that she didn't know a single one.

Faced with allegations of tax evasion , Spiro Agnew resigned as Vice President in 1973 with a nolo contendere admission. On the day of resignation, Judy Agnew had a breakdown on a lunch date. Spiro Agnew was eventually convicted of misrepresenting his income.

Web links

Short biography with photo

Individual proof

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Douglas Martin: Judy Agnew, Wife of Vice President, Dies at 91 . In: Douglas Martin (Ed.): The New York Times . June 27, 2012, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed January 30, 2019]).
^ Nation: Running Mate's Mate . In: Time . August 23, 1968, ISSN 0040-781X ( time.com [accessed January 30, 2019]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c Bart Barnes: Judy Agnew, wife of vice president, dies at 91. In: The Washington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Jules Witcover: Very Strange Bedfellows: The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew . PublicAffairs Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-58648-603-7 , pp. 59 ( google.com [accessed January 30, 2019]).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun: Judy Agnew, vice president's wife and Md. First lady. June 27, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2019 (American English).

personal data
SURNAME	Agnew, Judy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Agnew, Elinor Isabel Judefind
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American wife of US Vice President Spiro Agnew
DATE OF BIRTH	April 23, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH	Baltimore, Maryland
DATE OF DEATH	June 20, 2012
Place of death	Rancho Mirage

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Douglas Martin: Judy Agnew, Wife of Vice President, Dies at 91 . In: Douglas Martin (Ed.): The New York Times . June 27, 2012, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed January 30, 2019]).

[2] Nation: Running Mate's Mate . In: Time . August 23, 1968, ISSN 0040-781X ( time.com [accessed January 30, 2019]).

[:1-3] Bart Barnes: Judy Agnew, wife of vice president, dies at 91. In: The Washington Post. Retrieved January 30, 2019 .

[:2-4] Jules Witcover: Very Strange Bedfellows: The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew . PublicAffairs Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-1-58648-603-7 , pp. 59 ( google.com [accessed January 30, 2019]).

[:3-5] Frederick N. Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun: Judy Agnew, vice president's wife and Md. First lady. June 27, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2019 (American English).