Anna Lee Keys Worley

Anna Lee Keys Worley
Member of the Tennessee Senate
from the Sullivan County district
In office
1921–1923
Personal details
Born 1876
Died 1961
Political party Democrat

Anna Lee Keys Worley (1876 - 1961) was the first woman elected to the Tennessee Senate, representing Sullivan County.[1]

Worley served as a Democrat in the Tennessee Senate beginning January 25, 1921. She was elected in a special election to replace her recently deceased husband.[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".[2]:119

Worley left the Senate in 1923 after serving one term. She lived to age 95.[1]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 "Anna Lee Keys Worley". National Women's History Museum. Retrieved March 2016.
  2. Weatherford, Doris (2012). Women in American Politics: History and Milestones. SAGE. p. 119.
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