She was educated in the public schools of her community at the Scranton Technical High School.[8]
Political career and later life
Veronica Boland was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress,[9][10] by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the May 18, 1942 heart attack-related death of her husband on the morning before he would have won the Pennsylvania primary election (a victory which would have sent him to the U.S House for a second term). Urged by leaders of the Democratic Party to fill her husband's seat, she ran unopposed and won the seat on November 3 of that year, during the first congressional elections to be held following America's entry into World War II.[11][12]
Sworn in on November 19, 1942, she represented Pennsylvania's 11th District[13] only until Congress adjourned its 77th session on December 16, 1942, choosing to retire rather than become a candidate for reelection in 1942.[14][15]
After returning to Scranton, she worked as an executive secretary for the Dutch Manufacturing Company, but retired from that position in 1957 when health issues required that she undergo eye surgery.[16]
Death and interment
Boland died in Scranton on June 19, 1982.[17] She is buried at that city's Cathedral Cemetery.[18]
^"Boland, Veronica Grace," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Congress, retrieved online February 23, 2019.
^Kestenbaum, "Boland, Veronica Grace," The Political Graveyard.
