Deerhake: "Jane Pratt was not destined to become the state's first female member of the US Congress, but she was prepared." 3/8 - ThreadSky

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greggiroux.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Deerhake: "Jane Pratt was not destined to become the state's first female member of the US Congress, but she was prepared." 3/8

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greggiroux.bsky.social•2 days ago

As a House member, Pratt worked on an issue that resonates today: flood control projects in the Yadkin River Basin, including authorization of what would become the Kerr Scott Dam and Reservoir in Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina. 4/8

greggiroux.bsky.social•2 days ago

Deerhake: “The flood control committee was where she would make the greatest impact for North Carolina.” 5/8

greggiroux.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pratt didn’t seek a full 2-year term and left Congress in January 1947, though she remained in DC and worked for federal agencies and then another member of Congress. 6/8

greggiroux.bsky.social•2 days ago

According to House historian’s office, Pratt was “the first non-related, female congressional staffer to succeed her boss in a special election.”
https://history.house.gov/HistoricalHighlight/Detail/35175?current_search_qs=%3Fsubject%3DWomen%2Bin%2BCongress%26PreviousSearch%3DWomen%2Bin%2BCongress%252cSubject%252cFalse%252cFalse%252cFalse%252cFalse%252cFalse%252c%252cmm%252fdd%252fyyyy%252cmm%252fdd%252fyyyy%252cDate%26CurrentPage%3D2%26SortOrder%3DDate%26Command%3D3 7/8

greggiroux.bsky.social•2 days ago

North Carolina didn't elect another woman to Congress until Eva Clayton in 1992, 46 years after Pratt’s win.

In the current 119th Congress, 4 women are in the NC delegation (Adams, Foushee, Foxx, Ross) 8/8

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