| 词条 | Rachel Berry (legislator) |
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|name = Rachel Emma Berry |image = Rachel Emma Berry.jpg |imagesize = |alt = |caption = |order = |office = Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the Apache County |term_start = January 11, 1915 |term_end = January 8, 1917 |succeeding = |predecessor = |successor = |birth_date = {{birth date|1859|03|11}} |birth_place = |death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|11|25|1859|03|11}} |death_place = Phoenix, Arizona |restingplace = |restingplacecoordinates = |birthname = Rachel Emma Allen. |nationality = American |party = |occupation = Politician |profession = |religion = |signature = |signature_alt = |website = }}Rachel Emma Berry (née Allen) (March 11, 1859 – November 25, 1948) was an American suffragist and politician who in 1914 was elected to a seat in the Arizona House of Representatives to represent Apache County, Arizona.[1] Family and early lifeRachel Allen was born in Ogden, Utah on March 11, 1859. She grew up in Kanarraville, Utah and taught school there. Rachel married William Berry in 1879. In the fall of 1881, Rachel and William left for Arizona with a group of 18 other members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by covered wagons. They arrived in St. Johns, Arizona on January 27, 1882. William Berry became a leading rancher and cattleman with the horses and herd of cattle he had brought from Utah. The Berrys had seven children, four daughters and three sons.[1] Arizona legislatorIn 1912, shortly after it became a state, Arizona gave women suffrage, so Arizona's women gained the right to vote eight years before universal suffrage occurred in the United States. Women in Arizona soon after ran for elected office. In 1914 Rachel Berry became one of the first women to win a seat in a State Legislature in the United States.[2] Her term representing Apache County began on January 11, 1915.[1] During her one term in office, Berry focused on bills that were concerned with education and child welfare, and served as Chairwoman of the Good Roads Committee. She worked to adopt a bill for Arizona's current state flag.[1] Public serviceAfter she completed her term in the House of Representatives, Berry was appointed the chairman of the Apache County Child Welfare Board. She was president of the local Relief Society and the Mutual Improvement Association of her church. She was the trustee of the school in St. Johns.[1] Death and legacyBerry died at her home, in Phoenix, on Thanksgiving Day, 1948.[1] She was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1984.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url=http://www.lib.az.us/awhof/women/berry.cfm|title=Rachel Emma Allen Berry|date=4 November 2008|work=Arizona Women's Hall of Fame|publisher=Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records (A division of the Secretary of State)|accessdate=30 March 2010|location=Phoenix, AZ}} {{Arizona Women's Hall of Fame}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Berry, Rachel}}2. ^Note: the first women to serve in a state legislature were elected in Utah in 1894 11 : Women state legislators in Arizona|Politicians from Ogden, Utah|People from Iron County, Utah|People from St. Johns, Arizona|Members of the Arizona House of Representatives|1859 births|1948 deaths|American schoolteachers|Latter Day Saints from Utah|20th-century American women politicians|Latter Day Saints from Arizona |
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