Jane Maroney

Jane Perkins Maroney (July 29, 1923 – December 28, 2021) was an American politician who was a member of the Delaware General Assembly, representing House District 10 in the Delaware House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party.[1] She was noted for her use of both legislative and personal time to advance legislation on child care.[2][3] She also spent time on HIV/AIDS prevention and unwanted pregnancies.[4]

On July 9, 1923, Jane Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts,[5] to parents Mary (Boland) Perkins and John Perkins.[6] She was one of four children.[7] Perkins attended the Gibbs College until 1942, after which she graduated from Radcliffe College in 1944. She worked for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1951 to 1956.[5] In 1972, she was a volunteer for a US Senate election campaign.

  1. ^ "Representative Jane P Maroney (R)". Delaware General Assembly. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  2. ^ "Legislators Who Stand Above The Crowd". Working Mother. March 1995. p. 30. Retrieved 2019-08-30.
  3. ^ "Connecting Generations to highlight work of Maroney, Patton". Delaware Business Now. 2016-10-28. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  4. ^ "The News Journal from Wilmington, Delaware on March 20, 1996 · Page 11". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  5. ^ a b "Jane Perkins Maroney". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  6. ^ "Mary S. Warner". Legacy. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
  7. ^ "Robert Paul Perkins". Salem News | Obituaries. Retrieved 2019-09-04.