Louise Aloys Smith Explained

Office1:Member of the Nevada Assembly
Birth Date:19 July 1917
Birth Place:Lovelock, Nevada
Death Place:Lovelock, Nevada
Party:Nevada Democratic Party
Occupation:Politician
Nationality:American

Louise Aloys Smith (July 19, 1917May 12, 1999) was an American politician who served two terms in the Nevada Assembly. She was elected in 1949 and re-elected in 1951. She was elected Speaker Pro Tempore of the Nevada Assembly in 1951, the first woman to hold a leadership position in that body.[1]

She was born in Lovelock, Nevada to Dr. Eugene Kneeland Smith and Kathleen O’Sullivan Smith.[2]

Her ancestry included Irish ethnicity. She did military service, was an operatic soprano singer, organist, politician, worked for the Sierra Pacific Power Company, and co-founded Desert Little Theater where she directed. She served on the board of the county library, and Marzan House Museum. She received the Nevada Woman of the Year designation in 1988. On April 5, 2001, the Nevada State Assembly passed a resolution honoring her.[2]

She died in Lovelock, Nevada.[2] The University of Nevada in Reno has a collection of her papers.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: March 1, 2009 . Soprano served in women's army corps . 30 . Reno Gazette-Journal . January 20, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: LOUISE ALOYS SMITH – Nevada Women's History Project . 2023-01-20 . nevadawomen.org.
  3. https://archive.library.unr.edu/public/agents/people/907
  4. https://archive.library.unr.edu/public/repositories/2/resources/584