Dorothy Vredenburgh Bush

Dorothy McElroy Vredenbugh was secretary of the Democratic National Committee.[1]

Life

Bush was born on December 8, 1916 in Baldwyn, Mississippi.[1] In 1933, she graduated high school, then furthered her education at Mississippi State College for Women. There she received a bachelor of science degree in secretariat studies in 1937. In the summer of 1935, she also attended George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She also worked for the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company in its Birmingham offices.[1]

On December 27, 1940 she married Peter Vredenburgh, whom she had met when he visited Birmingham for the funeral of Senator Will Bankhead.

The next year she was elected national committeewoman of the Alabama Young Democrats. Later that same year she also elected to the assistant secretaryship of the organization. In 1943, she was elected to the vice-presidency of the Young Democratic Clubs of America. She was the first woman to hold that position, at age 27.[2]

At the National Convention, she read the roll call and announced the appointment of the temporary officers of the meeting.

Bush died in 1991.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dorothy V. Bush, 75, Democrat Who Called Roll at Conventions By STEVEN LEE MYERS DEC. 23, 1991". NY Times. NY Times. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "FOR THE DNC'S ROLL MODEL, A FOND FAREWELL". Washington Post. Washington Post. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
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