| 词条 | Anna Buckley |
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|image = |imagesize = | name = Anna P. Buckley | birth_date = March 21, 1924 | birth_place = Brockton, Massachusetts | death_date = May 3, 2003 (aged 79) | death_place = |restingplace = | nationality = | website = | occupation = | residence = | party = Democrat | spouse = | alma_mater = St. Patrick's High School Williams School of Business | title1 = Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the First Plymouth District | term_start1 = 1973 | term_end1 = 1989 | predecessor1 = James F. Burke | successor1 = Michael C. Creedon }} Anna P. Buckley (1924–2003) was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1973 to 1989. Early lifeBuckley was born Anna Hernan on March 21, 1924 in Brockton, Massachusetts. She was orphaned at the age of 7 and went to live with her mother's cousin. After attending St. Patrick's High School and the Williams School of Business, Buckley joined the Women's Army Corps, where she served as a stenographer until the end of World War II. After the war she returned to Brockton, where she married Daniel Buckley and worked at an insurance agency.[1][2] Political careerBuckley's first political involvement came as a volunteer for Joseph H. Downey mayoral campaign in Brockton. During the 1960s she served as an administrative assistant to Francis X. Bellotti and Thaddeus Buczko.[1] In 1971, Buckley was elected to the Brockton city council. She was the first woman elected to the city council. The following year she was a candidate for state senate. She defeated state representative Robert Creedon in the Democratic primary by 84 votes. During her tenure in the Senate, Buckley was a supporter of subsidized day care and veterans' issues and worked to secure funding for Massasoit Community College. The college named its performing arts center after Buckley.[1] She served as vice-chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and from 1985 to 1989 was the second assistant majority floor leader.[1][2] Personal life and deathAnna and Daniel Buckley had three sons and two daughters. Daniel Buckley died in 1989. Anna Buckley died on May 3, 2003 from complications of cancer and pneumonia.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite news|title=Anna Buckley, Vice Chair of Key Senate Panel|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=May 5, 2003}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckley, Anna}}2. ^1 {{cite book |title=1987–1988 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |quote= | url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19871988bost#page/50/mode/2up |isbn= }} 9 : 1924 births|2003 deaths|20th-century American politicians|American army personnel of World War II|Massachusetts Democrats|Massachusetts state senators|Politicians from Brockton, Massachusetts|20th-century American women politicians|Women state legislators in Massachusetts |
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