Mary Livermore Barrows

Mary Livermore Barrows
Barrows c. 1930
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 22nd Middlesex district
In office
January 2, 1929 – January 4, 1939
Preceded byAngier Goodwin
Succeeded byTheodore P. Hollis
Member of the Melrose, Massachusetts Board of Aldermen
In office
1926–1928
Personal details
Born(1877-06-30)June 30, 1877
Melrose, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 1, 1955(1955-03-01) (aged 77)
Melrose, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
SpouseMalcolm Dana Barrows (1901–d. 1945)[1]
Children2
EducationWellesley College

Mary Livermore Norris Barrows (June 30, 1877 – March 1, 1955) was an American politician. She represented Melrose in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[2]

Early life and education

Born on June 30, 1877, to Oscar and Henrietta White (Livermore) Norris in Melrose, Massachusetts.[3] Barrows was a granddaughter of Mary Livermore.[4][5] She graduated from Wellesley College, where she was a member of the College Equal Suffrage League.[6] On July 1, 1901, she married Malcolm Dana Barrows, brother of Alice Barrows.[3][7] They had two sons, Malcolm Jr. and John.[1]

Political career

Before entering the Massachusetts House, Barrows was a member of the Melrose board of aldermen.[4][2] She was first elected as an alderwoman in 1926, becoming Melrose's first alderwoman.[6]

Barrows was first elected to the Massachusetts House in 1928, and was the first woman to represent Melrose.[8][9] She retired from the House in 1938.[10]

Barrows was a Republican.[11]

Barrows died on March 1, 1955, in Melrose Hospital.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Deaths". Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. November 1, 1945. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b Public Officials of Massachusetts. Boston: Richard T. Howard; Boston Review. 1930. p. 92. OCLC 1051733080.
  3. ^ a b Leonard, John William, ed. (1914). Woman's Who's Who of America. New York: The American Commonwealth Company. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Melrose Candidate Asks for Recount". The Boston Globe. December 15, 1926. p. A11. ProQuest 498980521.
  5. ^ Tapley, Harriet Silvester, ed. (1936). "Asa Bushby, Artist, and Some of His Portraits". Historical Collections of the Danvers Historical Society. 24: 15.
  6. ^ a b "Melrose's First Woman Alderman Busy Mother". The Boston Globe. December 15, 1926. pp. A1, A14. ProQuest 498973443.
  7. ^ "Alice Barrows Papers". The University of Maine. Raymond H. Fogler Library - University of Maine. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Mrs Barrows Led Ticket in Melrose". The Boston Globe. November 8, 1928. p. 2. ProQuest 747523097.
  9. ^ Hennessy, Michael E. (1935). Four Decades of Massachusetts Politics, 1890–1935. Norwood, Massachusetts: Norwood Press. p. 365. OCLC 1045524087.
  10. ^ "Representative Barrows Not to Seek Reelection". The Boston Globe. July 28, 1938. p. 24. ProQuest 817116100.
  11. ^ Hayden, Irving N.; Bridgman, Frank E., eds. (1933). A Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Wright & Potter. p. 412. OCLC 1049641832.
  12. ^ "Deaths and Funerals: Mrs. Mary Barrows - Melrose Civic Leader, Former Legislator, 77". The Boston Daily Globe. March 2, 1955.