Charlotte Giesen

Charlotte Giesen
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Montgomery and Radford City
In office
January 8, 1958 – January 9, 1962
Preceded byJohn L. Whitehead
Succeeded byKenneth I. Devore
Personal details
Born
Charlotte Milton Caldwell

(1907-01-27)January 27, 1907
Radford, Virginia, U.S.
DiedJanuary 28, 1995(1995-01-28) (aged 88)
Radford, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseArthur R. Giesen
ChildrenArthur R. Giesen, Jr. ("Pete"), Ann Giesen Fowlkes
Alma materRadford College

Charlotte Milton Caldwell Giesen (January 27, 1907 – January 28, 1995) (nicknamed "Pinkie")[1] was a Virginia politician and news editor.[2] A lifelong resident of Radford, Virginia, she served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1958 to 1961, becoming the first Republican woman elected to the House.[3][4]

  1. ^ "JMU – Department of Political Science". jmu.edu. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Welcome to the Virginia House of Delegates". dela.state.va.us. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Firsts in the History of Virginia's Women" (PDF). Virginia Capital Connections Quarterly Magazine. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Session 1960: Giesen, Charlotte C." Virginia General Assembly. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013.