| Ella T. Grasso  AKA Ella Rose Tambussi Grasso
Born: 10-May-1919
Birthplace: Windsor Locks, CT
Died: 5-Feb-1981
Location of death: Hartford, CT
Cause of death: Cancer - Ovarian
Remains: Buried, St. Mary's Cemetery, Windsor Locks, CT
Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: First woman elected governor of Connecticut Never lost an election. Husband: Thomas A. Grasso (school principal; m. 1942)
Daughter: (b. 1948)
Son: (b. 1951)
University: BA, Mount Holyoke College (1940)
University: MA Sociology and Economics, Mount Holyoke College (1942)
Governor of Connecticut (1975-80, resigned for health reasons)
US Congressman, Connecticut 6th (1971-75)
Connecticut Secretary of State (1959-71)
Connecticut State House of Representatives (1953-57)
Democratic National Committee 1956-58
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1981 (posthumous)
Time Person of the Year 1975, American Women
Phi Beta Kappa Society
League of Women Voters
Urban League
Italian Ancestry
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