Shirley Neil Pettis

Shirley Neil Pettis

Shirley Neil Pettis (born July 12, 1924 in Mountain View , California - † December 30, 2016 in Rancho Mirage , California) was an American politician . Between 1975 and 1979 she represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Shirley Neil McCumber, her maiden name, attended elementary schools in Berkeley between 1931 and 1932 and then until 1937 in Berrien Springs ( Michigan ). Until 1942 she was at Andrews University Academy , also in Berrien Springs, and then until 1943 at Andrews University there . This was followed by studies at the University of California at Berkeley in 1944 and 1945 . She was a co-founder and manager of the Audio-Digest Foundation from 1950 to 1953 . Between 1967 and 1970 she wrote newspaper articles in San Bernardino . Politically, she was a member of the Republican Party . In 1975 she served as Vice President of the Association of Women of Republican Congressmen. She herself was married to the MP Jerry Pettis .

After the death of her husband, Shirley Pettis was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC at the by-election due for the 37th seat of California , where she took up her new mandate on April 29, 1975. After being re-elected, she could remain in Congress until January 3, 1979 . In 1978 she renounced another candidacy. In 1980 and 1981 she was Vice President of the Women's Research and Education Institute in the state capital Washington. After that she was a member of the Commission on Arms Control and Disarmament until 1983. From 1990 to 1992 she sat on the presidential scholarship commission. Between 1979 and 1997, Shirley Pettis was a board member of the Kemper National Insurance Companies . She spends her old age at Rancho Mirage .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Former US Congresswoman Shirley Neil Pettis dies at age 92

Web links

• Shirley Neil Pettis in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)