Mary Lou Kent

Mary Lou Kent (October 3, 1921 – March 9, 1981) was an American businesswoman and politician.

Born in Quincy, Illinois, Kent went to University of Colorado and Michigan State University. She worked as an administrative assistant for the Quincy Chamber of Commerce. In 1973, Kent served in the Illinois House of Representatives as a Republican and then in 1980 was elected to the Illinois State Senate. She died of a heart attack while in a car in an Quincy shopping mall in Quincy, Illinois. Her daughter Laura Kent Donahue succeeded her mother in the Illinois Senate.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. ↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1979-1980,' Biographical Sketch of Mary Lou Kent, pg. 162
  2. ↑ 'Sen. Mary Lou Kent dies; Quincy Republican,' Chicago Tribune, March 10, 1981, section 3, pg. 7
  3. ↑ Illinois General Assembly-General Response


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