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"She was a powerful, experienced legislative voice for education."
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Eva Greenslit Anderson
Eva Greenslit Anderson (1889–1972) was an American educator, author, and politician. Born in Surprise, Nebraska, she married and moved to Chelan, Washington, where she worked as an author, educator and legislator. She served as Washington State Supervisor of Adult Education in 1934. She received a PhD from the University of Washington in 1937 and was named Washington's woman of achievement in 1949
"She was a powerful, experienced legislative voice for education."
"It gives you a bit of a heart twist to walk right up to the courthouse and put your name opposite that of a man – not whom you’re going to marry – but opposite the name of a man whos your friend – and who want the same job you could fill."
"It’s education primarily that takes me to Olympia ... I find such a woeful lack of people who can and will speak for the schools. Too many sincere people just don’t know what theyre talking about ... just dont understand the problems."