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Frank BoggsLindy Boggs Lindy Boggs American politician (1916–2013) Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana. She was also a permanent chairwoman of the 1976 Democratic National Convention, which met in New York City to nominate the Carter-Mondale ticket.[1] She was the first woman to preside over a major party convention.[2] Quick facts 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See, President ... Lindy Boggs Portrait, 1997 5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See In office December 16, 1997 – March 1,… (Source: Wikipedia)
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