Virginia Knauer
Politician, Deceased Person
1915 – 2011
Who was Virginia Knauer?
Virginia Harrington Knauer was an American Republican politician. She served as the Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs and Director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs. In 1960 she became the first woman to be elected to the Philadelphia City Council, in which she served for eight years. She was appointed to the newly created post of chief consumer advisor to Pennsylvania Governor Ray Shafer. She was also the mentor and good friend of former North Carolina Senior Senator Elizabeth Dole. Knauer died on October 16, 2011 in Washington, D.C., at age 96.
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- Born
- Mar 28, 1915
Philadelphia - Profession
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia
- Died
- Oct 16, 2011
Washington, D.C.
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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