Isabella Greenway | |
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![]() Greenway in the 1930s | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's at-large district | |
In office October 3, 1933 – January 3, 1937 | |
Preceded by | Lewis Williams Douglas |
Succeeded by | John R. Murdock |
Personal details | |
Born | Isabella Dinsmore Selmes March 22, 1886 Boone County, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | December 18, 1953 Tucson, Arizona, U.S. | (aged 67)
Resting place | Dinsmore homestead in Kentucky |
Political party | Democratic |
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Isabella Dinsmore Greenway (née Selmes; born March 22, 1886 – December 18, 1953) was an American politician who was the first congresswoman in Arizona history, and the founder of the Arizona Inn of Tucson. During her life she was also noted as a one-time owner and operator of Los Angeles-based Gilpin Airlines, a speaker at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, and a bridesmaid at the wedding of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.[1]
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