Gloria Schaffer

Gloria Schaffer
Schaffer in 1977
65th Secretary of State of Connecticut
In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1978
Governor	Thomas Meskill Ella Grasso
Preceded by	Ella Grasso
Succeeded by	Henry Cohn
Personal details
Born	(1930-10-03) October 3, 1930 (age 93) New London, Connecticut, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	Sarah Lawrence College (BA)

Gloria Wilinski Schaffer (born October 3, 1930) is an American politician who served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut from 1971 to 1978. A Democrat from New London, she served in the Connecticut State Senate from 1959 to 1971.^[1] She attended The Williams School and Sarah Lawrence College and ran for the United States Senate in 1976.^[2]