Eleanor Miller

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Eleanor Miller
Member of the California State Assembly
In office
January 8, 1923 – January 4, 1943
Preceded byFranklin D. Mather
Succeeded byWillis Sargent
Constituency67th district (1923–1931)
47th district (1931–1943)
Personal details
Born(1868-03-07)March 7, 1868
Industry, Illinois, U.S.
DiedDecember 19, 1943(1943-12-19) (aged 75)
Pasadena, California, U.S.

Eleanor Miller (March 7, 1868 – December 19, 1943) was a teacher and state legislator in California. A Republican, she was the fifth woman elected to the California legislature.[1][2] She was elected consecutively from 1922 until 1940.[1] She founded the Eleanor Miller School of Expression which had locations in St. Paul, Minnesota and Los Angeles, California. She wrote the memoir When Memory Calls (1936) about her life, including her travels to Europe and the Near East. The book includes pen drawings by Lewis D. Johnson.[3]

She was born in Industry, Illinois.[4] She lived in Pasadena from 1911 until her death. She lived at 251 South Oakland Avenue.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Former Members | California Legislative Women's Caucus". womenscaucus.legislature.ca.gov.
  2. ^ "The Woman's Journal". 1926.
  3. ^ Miller, Eleanor (1936). "When Memory Calls".
  4. ^ "Eleanor Miller". April 2, 1932 – via Calisphere.
  5. ^ "The Los Angeles Times 20 Dec 1943, page 13". Newspapers.com.


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