Jane Pratt
On May 25th, 1946, after 22 years as a congressional secretary, Jane Pratt was elected as North Carolina''s first congresswoman. The press reported with great interest how "Miss Jane" won by a landslide with only a $100 campaign budget. She hit the ground running, voting to pass the Atomic Energy Act, working tirelessly to mitigate a century of flood disasters in western North Carolina, and ser...
On May 25th, 1946, after 22 years as a congressional secretary, Jane Pratt was elected as North Carolina''s first congresswoman. The press reported with great interest how "Miss Jane" won by a landslide with only a $100 campaign budget. She hit the ground running, voting to pass the Atomic Energy Act, working tirelessly to mitigate a century of flood disasters in western North Carolina, and ser...
