Nettie McKenzie Clapp explained

Nettie McKenzie Clapp
State House:Ohio
State:Ohio
District:94th
Term:January 1922 – December 1930
Birth Date:August 22, 1868
Birth Place:Cincinnati, Ohio
Death Place:Cleveland, Ohio
Party:Republican
Spouse:Harold T. Clapp

Nettie McKenzie Clapp (August 22, 1868 – July 30, 1935) was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. In 1922 she became one of the first women elected to the Ohio General Assembly.[1] Clapp was the first woman legislator to sponsor a bill[2] in the Ohio General Assembly and the first woman to serve on the Republican National Convention Executive Committee in 1924.[3]

Clapp served four consecutive terms in the Ohio Legislature from 1922 to 1930 representing Cuyahoga County.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nettie MacKenzie Clapp | Ohio Statehouse. www.ohiostatehouse.org.
  2. Web site: House Bill 141 - 85th General Assembly. www.ohiochannel.org.
  3. Web site: Encyclopedia of Cleveland History: CLAPP, NETTIE MACKENZIE. 21 November 2016.