Rachel Gillean Gray (September 26, 1930 – January 19, 2010) was an American politician.
Gray was affiliated with the Democratic Party from her time as a member of the city council of High Point, North Carolina. [1] [2] [3] As a city councilor, she served as liaison to the High Point Human Relations Commission, [4] and as mayor pro-term. [5] [6] Gray began serving as a state legislator in 1977. [7] In her tenure in the North Carolina Senate, during which she represented Guilford County, [8] Gray supported the Equal Rights Amendment. [9] However, Gray protested the lack of legislative process afforded to discussions on its ratification. [10] She lost reelection to Wendell Sawyer during the 1984 state legislative elections. [11] The next year, Gray considered running for the United States Senate, telling The Dispatch, a newspaper that previously reported speculation that she would not run served as "ice thrown on my candidacy." [8] Gray died on January 19, 2010, at the age of 79. [12]
Senator Rachel Gray, a Democrat who had nothing in common with Pegg, raged at women's having been completely bypassed by the "gentlemen" in a short-circuiting of the legislative process.
Rachel Gillean Gray (September 26, 1930 – January 19, 2010) was an American politician.
Gray was affiliated with the Democratic Party from her time as a member of the city council of High Point, North Carolina. [1] [2] [3] As a city councilor, she served as liaison to the High Point Human Relations Commission, [4] and as mayor pro-term. [5] [6] Gray began serving as a state legislator in 1977. [7] In her tenure in the North Carolina Senate, during which she represented Guilford County, [8] Gray supported the Equal Rights Amendment. [9] However, Gray protested the lack of legislative process afforded to discussions on its ratification. [10] She lost reelection to Wendell Sawyer during the 1984 state legislative elections. [11] The next year, Gray considered running for the United States Senate, telling The Dispatch, a newspaper that previously reported speculation that she would not run served as "ice thrown on my candidacy." [8] Gray died on January 19, 2010, at the age of 79. [12]
Senator Rachel Gray, a Democrat who had nothing in common with Pegg, raged at women's having been completely bypassed by the "gentlemen" in a short-circuiting of the legislative process.