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Allegany County Delegates

Collection Name

Allegany County Women's History

About

Politics & Government

Media Items

2 portrait photos; Elizabeth Doub and Betty Workman
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ItemID
acwh023
IDEntry
2672
Creator
Text - Albert Feldstein, photograph from Maryland State Archives.
Collection Location
Allegany County, Maryland
Subject
Allegany County Maryland--Biography
Allegany County Maryland--Women
Coverage
Allegany County, Maryland

Since 1931 three women have been elected to the Maryland House of Delegates from Allegany County. They were:

Lulu W. Boucher, Republican, from Barton(1931-1946),

Elizabeth B. Doub, Republican, from Cumberland, (1939-1942), and

Betty Workman (1924-2018) served as a Delegate representing District 1B for three terms from 1987 to 1999. She was also a mathematics teacher at Allegany High School for twenty years.

Notes

Photographs of Elizabeth Doub (left) and Betty Workman are from the Maryland State Archives.