Book talk & signing by Jon E. Purmont: ELLA GRASSO: Connecticut’s Pioneering Governor
Born: Ella Giovanna Oliva Tambussi (1919 – 1981)
The daughter of Italian immigrants
Political Party: Democrat
Offices: Connecticut House of Representatives, 1952 – 1957
Connecticut Secretary of the State, 1959 -1 971
U.S. Congress, 1971 – 1975
Governor of Connecticut, 1975 – 1980
America’s first woman elected governor in her own right
First Connecticut governor of Italian heritage
Never lost an electionFirst woman honored with a statue in niche of the State Capitol
Perhaps Connecticut’s best-loved governor in modern times
Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 6:30 p.m.
Silas Bronson Library
267 Grand Street, Waterbury, CT
Admission is free. Free Parking after 6:00 p.m