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About Ella T. Grasso, 83rd Governor of Connecticut
Ella Tambussi Grasso was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd Governor of Connecticut, from January 8, 1975 to December 31, 1980. The daughter of Italian immigrants, Grasso was the first woman elected to this office and the first woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state without having been the spouse or widow of a former governor.
President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the National Women's Hall of Fame inducted her in 1993. She was a member of the inaugural class inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame in 1994; the Ella Tambussi Grasso Center for Women in Politics is located there.
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Ella T. Grasso, 83rd Governor of Connecticut's Timeline
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May 10, 1919
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Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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| 1981 |
February 5, 1981
Age 61
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Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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February 5, 1981
Age 61
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Windsor Locks, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
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