League of Women Voters National Convention

Creator

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Identification #

OGL241-689

Description

Representative Usher Burdick attended the National Conference of the League of Women Voters with North Dakota residents Jane Summers (left) and Lois Casavant in either 1957 or 1958. Both women were active in the North Dakota League of Women Voters. Information from back of photograph.

Usher Burdick had a long career in North Dakota politics and served in the North Dakota House of Representatives (1909-1911), as Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota (1911-1913), and in the United States House of Representatives (1935-1945 and 1949-1959).

Organizations Depicted

League of Women Voters

People Depicted

Usher Burdick, Lois Casavant, Jane Summers

Rights

Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota