Anna Lee Keys Worley | |
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Member of the
Tennessee Senate from the 2nd district | |
In office February 8, 1921 – January 1, 1923 | |
Preceded by | J. Parks Worley |
Succeeded by | D. A. Barger |
Personal details | |
Born | Anna Lee Keys 1872 Boswell, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | May 3, 1961 Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. | (aged 89)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Anna Lee Keys Worley (1872 – May 2, 1961) was the first woman elected to the Tennessee Senate, representing Sullivan and Hawkins counties. [1]
She was born Anna Lee Keys to William T. and Sarah ( née Evans) Keys in Boswell, Indiana, in 1872. She married Tennessee state representative J. Parks Worley on November 25, 1907. [2] [3] Parks was elevated to the state senate in 1913 and served until his death on January 6, 1921.
Worley was elected as a Democrat in the January 25, 1921, special election to succeed her husband and was sworn in on February 8. [1]
One historian wrote that Worley "succeeded her antisuffragist husband in the Tennessee state senate and promptly used her powers to sponsor legislation to remove civil disabilities against Tennessee's women". [4]: 119
Worley left the Senate in 1923 after serving one term. [1] She died on May 2, 1961, in Lafayette, Indiana. [2]
Anna Lee Keys Worley | |
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Member of the
Tennessee Senate from the 2nd district | |
In office February 8, 1921 – January 1, 1923 | |
Preceded by | J. Parks Worley |
Succeeded by | D. A. Barger |
Personal details | |
Born | Anna Lee Keys 1872 Boswell, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | May 3, 1961 Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. | (aged 89)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | |
Anna Lee Keys Worley (1872 – May 2, 1961) was the first woman elected to the Tennessee Senate, representing Sullivan and Hawkins counties. [1]
She was born Anna Lee Keys to William T. and Sarah ( née Evans) Keys in Boswell, Indiana, in 1872. She married Tennessee state representative J. Parks Worley on November 25, 1907. [2] [3] Parks was elevated to the state senate in 1913 and served until his death on January 6, 1921.
Worley was elected as a Democrat in the January 25, 1921, special election to succeed her husband and was sworn in on February 8. [1]
One historian wrote that Worley "succeeded her antisuffragist husband in the Tennessee state senate and promptly used her powers to sponsor legislation to remove civil disabilities against Tennessee's women". [4]: 119
Worley left the Senate in 1923 after serving one term. [1] She died on May 2, 1961, in Lafayette, Indiana. [2]