Anita Lee Blair
Full Name: Anita Lee BlairDate of birth: September 8, 1916
Date of death: August 25, 2010
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| H | 105-4 | Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 | 53rd | Democrat | El Paso / El Paso | El Paso |
Terms of Service top
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House District 105-4
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955 Legislatures: 53rd Party: Democrat Home City/County: El Paso / El Paso Counties in district: El Paso |
Biographical Information top
Selected newspaper articlesBiographical Sketches
- Photo and biographical sketch, pp. 130-133. Birth date 9/8/1916. With Maud Isaacks, one of the first two women to serve in the Texas House from the same district at the same time. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
- Blair, Anita Lee. Texas State Cemetery.
Other Resources
- "Anita Blair Has Reason for Safety," 1/28/1953. "According to the American Foundation for the blind, she is the first blind woman elected to public office." Dallas Morning News.
Photographs
- Photograph. Miss Anita Blair, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol
- 53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
Committee Information top
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53rd R.S. - 1953
Education Public Lands and Buildings School Districts State Hospitals and Special Schools |
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