Mary E. Odde
Mary E. Odde | |
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| Member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from the Fremont district | |
| In office 1981–1990 | |
Mary E. Odde (February 18, 1918 – September 4, 1990) was an American politician and educator. She was the eldest of five children born to Charles C. McBeath, a ranch foreman, and Rebecca A. "Mamie" (Crawford) McBeath, a teacher. Born in Crawford, Texas, Odde graduated from high school in Littleton, Colorado, in 1935. Her family later moved to a ranch near Thermopolis, Wyoming. Odde earned a degree in Education from the University of Wyoming and later completed her master’s degree in teaching at Idaho State University.[citation needed]
Odde spent much of her career in Wyoming, first as a teacher in Hot Springs County and Shoshoni, where she worked for 24 years. She also became actively involved in the Wyoming Education Association, eventually serving as its president.[citation needed] From 1980 to 1990, she served five terms in the Wyoming House of Representatives as a representative from Fremont County. During her time in office, she was a member of the Judiciary Committee and chaired the subcommittee on children and families.[1][2]
Personal life
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In 1941, Odde married Harold Odde in Cheyenne. The couple had a son who died in infancy and a daughter, Jo, who later married Jim Hartman. Odde was also a grandmother to six grandchildren.
References
[edit]- ^ "Wyoming Women in the Legislature" (PDF). Wyoming Secretary of State. January 2021. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
- ^ "Wyoming Legislator Database". Wyoming Legislature. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
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