Katherine Vose Parker

Katherine Vose Parker (November 16, 1888 – August 17, 1983) was an American Republican politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Katherine Vose Parker
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1935–1936
Personal details
Born(1888-11-16)November 16, 1888
Lancaster, Massachusetts
DiedAugust 17, 1983(1983-08-17) (aged 94)
Boston, Massachusetts
Political partyRepublican
Parent(s)Herbert Parker
Mary Carney Vose

Early life

Parker was born on November 16, 1888, in Lancaster, Massachusetts.[1] She was a daughter of Mary Carney (née Vose) Parker and Harvard educated lawyer Herbert Parker, who served as the Attorney General of Massachusetts.[2] Her elder brother was George Alanson Parker and her younger siblings were Edith Parker and Haven Parker (an Assistant Federal District Attorney General of Massachusetts).[3]

Her maternal grandparents were Caroline Cushing (née Forbes) Vose and Lt. Josiah Hayden Vose Jr., who was killed at the Battle of Port Hudson in the U.S. Civil War.[3] Her grandmother remarried to James Francis in 1873. Her uncle, Harold Parker, was one of the first highway commissioners in Massachusetts and planned many of the highways in the state.[4]

From October 1909 to October 1910, Parker was a volunteer visitor of home libraries for the Boston Children's Aid Society.[5]

Career

In 1930, Parker was elected president of the Women's Republican Club of Massachusetts, succeeding Mrs. Franklin W. Hobbs, who held the office for three years. Parker was the third president of the club since it was founded in 1922.[4]

On November 6, 1934, Parker was elected as a Republican[6] member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for Ninth Worcester in the 149th Massachusetts General Court while residing in South Lancaster, Massachusetts.[7] She served in both sessions from January 2, 1935, to August 15, 1935, and from January 1, 1936, to July 2, 1936.[8]

Personal life

Parker died on August 17, 1983, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was buried at Eastwood Cemetery in Lancaster.[9]

References
  1. "History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature: 1923-present" (PDF). archives.lib.state.ma.us. State Library of Massachusetts. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. of 1878, Harvard College (1780-) Class (1892). Secretary's Report. Riverside Press. p. 164. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. Reno, Conrad (1901). Biographical: Massachusetts. Century Memorial Publishing Company. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  4. "HEADS WOMEN'S REPUBLICAN CLUB Miss Katherine V. Parker Elected President Active in Public Service, Business Woman, Conducts Large Farm". The Boston Globe. 27 May 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  5. Society, Boston Children's Aid (1910). Annual Report. The Boston Children's Aid Society. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  6. "Composition of the Massachusetts State Senate", Resources on Massachusetts Political Figures in the State Library, Mass.gov, archived from the original on June 6, 2020
  7. Public Officials of Massachusetts 1935-36. Boston Review.
  8. "Length of Legislative Sessions". Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2009. p. 348+.
  9. "PARKER". The Boston Globe. 20 August 1983. p. 11. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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