Mary_H._Goode

Mary H. Goode

Mary H. Goode

Massachusetts politician

Mary H. Goode was an American Democratic politician from Roxbury, Massachusetts, she was the second black female legislator in the state.[2][3] She represented the 10th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978.[3][4][5]

Quick Facts Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 10th Suffolk district, Preceded by ...

Early life

Goode was born in 1927 in Zebulon, Georgia and her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts just before she started high school.[2]

Personal life

Goode was a mother of three and attended Tufts University in her 40s and graduated in 1974.[2]

Goode's son, Raymond, drowned at the age of 21 while trying to swim across Houghton's Pond.[6]

Career

Goode defeated Emanuel Eaves by 19 votes and Leon Rock by 43 votes in the 1974 election.[7]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Mary R. Goode". The Boston Globe. September 11, 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. [2]
    "A Pioneering Advocate for Boston's Black Communities | Tufts Now". now.tufts.edu.
  3. [3]
    "History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015" (PDF). Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  4. [4]
    "6 Nov 1974, 27 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    "20 Sep 1978, 20 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  6. [6]
    "24 Jul 1978, 10 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  7. [7]
    "11 Sep 1974, 20 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.


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