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Charlotte Giesen
Charlotte Milton Caldwell Giesen (January 27, 1907 – January 28, 1995) was a Virginia politician and news editor. She served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1958 to 1961, becoming the first Republican woman elected to the House.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Firsts in the History of Virginia's Women )〕〔(Legislative profile ) for the 1960 session at the Virginia House of Delegates website〕
==Life and career==
Giesen, also known as "Pinkie",〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=JMU – Department of Political Science )〕 was a native of Radford, Virginia and alumna of Radford College, then known as the Women's Division of Virginia Polytechnic Institute,〔 from which she graduated in 1925.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=This Month in Radford History )〕 In 1954 she became the first woman elected to Radford's city council; her husband, Arthur Rossa Giesen,〔 also served on the city council, and was Mayor of Radford as well.〔 She was elected to the House of Delegates, representing Radford and the surrounding Montgomery County, in 1957;〔 her platform, considered progressive for the day, included reinstating compulsory education, requiring polio vaccinations and the jailing of drunk drivers, and support for open government.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.691: On the Death of Charlotte Milton Caldwell Giesen )〕 Giesen served two terms before being defeated for reelection in 1961, having opposed Virginia's policy of "massive resistance" to desegregation.〔 During her service she served on four committees, those of Federal Relations, Immigration, Printing, and Public Property.〔 In 1962 she was reelected to the Radford City Council,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Free Lance-Star – Google News Archive Search )〕 on which she served until 1966.〔 She also served on the Board of Visitors of her alma mater from 1970 until 1978. She was a journalist as well, acting for many years as women's editor of the ''Radford News Journal'' and editing the original ''Montgomery News Messenger''.〔 She was on the board of directors of both the Radford Child Care Center and the Radford chapter of the American Red Cross.〔
Giesen died at her home in Radford〔 and was buried in that city's West View Cemetery.〔 She was a Lutheran.〔 Her son, Pete Giesen, went on to serve in the Virginia House of Delegates as well.〔 Future governor John N. Dalton and his father were her next-door neighbors during her time as a delegate.
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