Florence Wood Hanby Explained

Florence Wood Hanby
State House:	Delaware
State:	Delaware
District:	Brandywine Hundred
Term Start:	1924
Term End:	?
Party:	Republican
Birth Date:	18 April 1870

Florence Wood Hanby (April 18, 1870  - February 22, 1963^[1]) was a politician representing New Castle County, Delaware, United States.

Hanby was the first woman elected to the Delaware General Assembly, winning a seat in the Delaware House of Representatives in 1924.^{[2] [3]}

Career

Hanby was a Republican representing Brandywine Hundred in New Castle County.^{[3] [4]}

Hanby was greeted cordially by her fellow assembly members. Upon arriving at the State House in January 1925, two floral bouquets were on her desk, to which she remarked, "it looks like a second wedding".^[4]

While in office, Hanby advocated to help victims of tuberculosis, and introduced the "Hope Farm Bill" to provide funding for an anti-tuberculosis hospital at Hope Farm, near Marshallton.^{[2] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Florence M. Wood Hanby (1870-1963). Find a Grave. 27 April 2018.
2. Web site: Woman Wielding Power: Pioneer Female State Legislators . National Women's History Museum . 22 December 2015 . 6 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150906091405/https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/legislators/Delaware.html . dead .
3. Book: Weatherford, Doris . Women in American Politics: History and Milestones . SAGE . 2012 . 96. 9781608710072 .
4. Book: Hoffecker, Carol E. . Democracy in Delaware: The Story of the First State's General Assembly . Cedar Tree Books . 2004 . 173.
5. Book: Lewis . W. David . 1971 . James . Edward T. . James . Janet Wilson . Boyer . Paul S. . Bissell, Emily Perkins . Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary . Harvard University Press . 153. 9780674627345 .