Reva Beck Bosone

Reva Beck Bosone

Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone (born April 2, 1895 in American Fork , Utah , † July 21, 1983 in Vienna , Virginia ) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1953 she represented the second constituency of the state of Utah in the US House of Representatives .

Early years and political advancement

Reva Bosone attended the public schools in her home country and then Westminster Junior College until 1917 . This was followed by studies at the University of California in Berkeley ( California ) until 1919 . Between 1920 and 1927, Bosone worked as a high school teacher. She then studied law at the University of Utah until 1930 . After her admission to the bar, she practiced from 1931 to 1933 in Helper , Carbon County and from 1933 to 1936 in Salt Lake City .

Bosone became a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1933 and 1935 she was a member of the House of Representatives from Utah and in 1935 leader of the Democratic Party. From 1936 to 1948 she was a judge in Salt Lake City. During World War II , she also chaired the Women's Army Corps Civilian Advisory Committee . In 1945 she served as an official observer to the founding assembly of the United Nations in San Francisco . In 1947 and 1948, Reva Bosone headed a committee of the Utah government that dealt with alcoholism in addition to her judicial work.

Congressman

In 1948 she was elected to the US House of Representatives for the second constituency of Utah. There she took over from Republican William A. Dawson on January 3, 1949 . After a re-election in 1950, she was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1953 . In the elections of 1952 she was defeated by Dawson, who was able to take his old seat again. Two years later, in 1954, she lost in a new candidacy against Dawson.

Even after the end of her political activities in Congress, Reva Bosone remained politically active. In 1952 and 1956 she was a delegate at the respective Democratic National Conventions . From 1957 to 1960 she was a legal advisor to a subcommittee in Congress that dealt with education issues and labor law. After all, she was employed as a lawyer at the Ministry of Post from 1961 to 1968. After that, she retired, which she spent in Virginia. She died there in 1983.

Web links

• Reva Beck Bosone in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Reva Beck Bosone in the database of Find a Grave (English)