Rebecca Young (politician)

Rebecca Conrad Young (February 28, 1934 – November 18, 2008) was a Wisconsin politician and legislator.[1]

Born in Clairton, Pennsylvania, Young graduated from University of Michigan. She received her law degree from University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1983.[2] Young served on the Dane County, Wisconsin Board of Supervisors, and the Madison, Wisconsin School Board. Young also served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1985 to 1997.[3]

Young was diagnosed with cancer in 1997, forcing her to retire from her political career, and she died at her home in Madison in 2008.[2]

Notes
  1. Wisconsin Assembly Joint Resolution 18
  2. "Madison Woman Was Progressive Political Leader". Wisconsin State Journal. November 19, 2008. p. 3. Retrieved June 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Wisconsin Historical Society-Rebecca Young


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