Mary E. Odde

Mary E. Odde (February 18, 1918 – September 4, 1990) was an American politician and educator. She was the eldest of five children born to Charles C. McBeath, a ranch foreman, and Rebecca A. "Mamie" (Crawford) McBeath, a teacher. Born in Crawford, Texas, Odde graduated from high school in Littleton, Colorado, in 1935. Her family later moved to a ranch near Thermopolis, Wyoming. Odde earned a degree in Education from the University of Wyoming and later completed her master’s degree in teaching at Idaho State University.^{[citation needed]}

Odde spent much of her career in Wyoming, first as a teacher in Hot Springs County and Shoshoni, where she worked for 24 years. She also became actively involved in the Wyoming Education Association, eventually serving as its president.^{[citation needed]} From 1980 to 1990, she served five terms in the Wyoming House of Representatives as a representative from Fremont County. During her time in office, she was a member of the Judiciary Committee and chaired the subcommittee on children and families.^[1][2]