Miriam Butterworth
Butterworth in 1971
Born	Miriam Ford Brooks (1918-04-14)April 14, 1918 Hartford, Connecticut
Died	July 9, 2019(2019-07-09) (aged 101) Bloomfield, Connecticut
Nationality	American
Other names	Mims Butterworth, Miriam B. Butterworth, Miriam Brooks Butterworth
Occupation(s)	educator, politician, historian, activist
Years active	1940–2018

Miriam Butterworth (April 14, 1918 – July 9, 2019) was an American educator, activist, and politician. She was a Democrat. In the 1940s, she helped equalize representation in the Connecticut General Assembly.

She was involved in the international peace movement and worked for peace to end the Vietnam War and later as a monitor for voting in Nicaragua. After teaching at independent schools, Butterworth was chair of the Public Utilities Control Authority. She was president of Hartford College for Women and was on the Town Council of West Hartford.

Butterworth died from heart disease on July 9, 2019 in Bloomfield, Connecticut, aged 101.^[1]

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