Catherine E. Falvey | |
State House: | Massachusetts |
Term Start: | 1941 |
Term End: | 1944 |
Birth Name: | Catherine Elizabeth Falvey |
Birth Date: | November 6, 1910 |
Birth Place: | Somerville, Massachusetts |
Death Date: | February 6, 1965 (aged 54) |
Death Place: | Boston, Massachusetts |
Maj. Catherine Elizabeth Falvey (November 6, 1910 – February 6, 1965) was an American attorney and Democratic politician from Somerville, Massachusetts. She represented the 24th Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1941 to 1944.
From 1942–46, she served in the Women's Army Corps and retired as a major.[1]
In 1946, she unsuccessfully ran for Congress in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts's 11th congressional district, losing to future president John F. Kennedy.[2]