Anna Buckley
Anna P. Buckley | |
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Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the First Plymouth and Plymouth and Norfolk districts | |
In office 1973–1989 | |
Preceded by | James F. Burke |
Succeeded by | Michael C. Creedon |
Personal details | |
Born | March 21, 1924 Brockton, Massachusetts |
Died | May 3, 2003 (aged 79) |
Political party | Democratic |
Alma mater | St. Patrick's High School Williams School of Business |
Anna P. Buckley (1924–2003) was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1973 to 1989.
Early life
[edit]Buckley was born Anna Hernan on March 21, 1924, in Brockton, Massachusetts. She was orphaned at the age of 7 and went to live with her mother's cousin. After attending St. Patrick's High School and the Williams School of Business, Buckley joined the Women's Army Corps, where she served as a stenographer until the end of World War II. After the war she returned to Brockton, where she married Daniel Buckley and worked at an insurance agency.[1][2]
Political career
[edit]Buckley's first political involvement came as a volunteer for Joseph H. Downey's mayoral campaign in Brockton. During the 1960s she served as an administrative assistant to Francis X. Bellotti and Thaddeus Buczko.[1]
In 1971, Buckley was elected to the Brockton city council. She was the first woman elected to the city council. The following year she was a candidate for state senate. She defeated state representative Robert Creedon in the Democratic primary by 84 votes. During her tenure in the Senate, Buckley was a supporter of subsidized day care and veterans' issues and worked to secure funding for Massasoit Community College. The college named its performing arts center after Buckley.[1] She served as vice-chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and from 1985 to 1989 was the second assistant majority floor leader.[1][2]
Personal life and death
[edit]Anna and Daniel Buckley had three sons and two daughters. Daniel Buckley died in 1989. Anna Buckley died on May 3, 2003, from complications of cancer and pneumonia.[1]
References
[edit]- 1924 births
- 2003 deaths
- 20th-century American legislators
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators
- Politicians from Brockton, Massachusetts
- 20th-century American women politicians
- Women state legislators in Massachusetts
- 21st-century American women
- 20th-century Massachusetts politicians