Honorific-Prefix: | Dr. |
Nena Jolidon-Croake | |
State House: | Washington |
District: | 37th |
Term Start: | 1913 |
Term End: | 1915 |
Birth Date: | 1865 |
Death Date: | 1934 |
Death Place: | Los Angeles |
Party: | Progressive |
Spouse: | John B. Croake |
Nena Jolidon-Croake (1865–1934) was an American politician and one of the first two women elected to the Washington State Legislature, representing the 37th Legislative District from Tacoma, Washington.[1]
Jolidon-Croake worked as a physician. She served as President of the Washington Equal Suffrage Society and supported the 1910 amendment which gave women the right to vote in Washington.[2]
Jolidon-Croake ran for office in 1913 after passage of Washington's Fifth Amendment, providing women the right to vote.
Her first bill sought to improve women's working conditions.