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Junior League of Kansas City, Missouri

Famous JL Members

Over the years, the Association of Junior Leagues International has had some famous members, ranging from First Ladies, women in politics, authors, actresses and more. 

Member

Position and Community Service

Junior League

Mary Harriman Rumsey

Founder of the Junior League--1901; First defender of consumer rights as Chair of the Consumers' Advisory Board of the National Resource Administration in President Franklin Roosevelt's Administration, 1933

The City of New York

Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady; social reformer; humanitarian; author. As U.S. Delegate to the United Nations, she chaired the Human Rights Commission during the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights--adopted 1948

The City of New York

Oveta Culp Hobby

First Commander of Women's Army Corps 1941; First U.S. Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare 1953

Houston, TX

Sandra Day O'Connor

First female U.S. Supreme Court Justice, appointed 1981

Phoenix, AZ

Barbara Bush

First Lady; literacy activist

Houston, TX

Laura Bush

First Lady; literacy activist

Austin, TX

Betty Ford

First Lady; substance abuse prevention activist

Grand Rapids, MI

Nancy Reagan

First Lady; substance abuse prevention activist

Los Angeles, CA

Eudora Welty

Author; Pulitzer prize for The Optimist's Daughter, 1972

Jackson, MS

Shirley Temple Black

Child actress; Delegate to the United Nations (1969); U.S. Ambassador to Ghana; Czech and Slovak Republics

Palo Alto, CA

Katharine Hepburn

Actress; women's issues activist

Hartford, CT

Sarah Palfrey Cook Danzig

Tennis champion; two-time Wimbledon champion

The City of New York

 

 

 

Elected to Gov't

U.S. House of Representatives

Junior League

Ruth Baker Sears Pratt

Served 1929-1933; first woman elected by NY

The City of New York

Isabella Selmes Greenway

Served 1934-1937

The City of New York

Frances Payne Bolton

Served 1940-1969

Cleveland, OH

Mary E. Pruett Farrington

Served 1954-1957

Honolulu, HI

Lynn Martin

Served 1981-1985; U.S. Secretary of Labor 1991-1993

Rockford, IL

Tillie Fowler

1993-2001

Jacksonville, FL

Jennifer Dunn

1993-2005

Seattle, WA

Anna Eshoo

1993-present

Palo Alto, CA

Carolyn Maloney

1993-present

The City of New York

Judy Biggert

1998-present

Chicago, IL

 

 

 

Elected to Gov't

U.S. Senate

Junior League

Margaret Chase Smith

First woman elected to the Senate

Bangor, ME

Kay Hagan

2009-present

Greensboro, NC

 

 

 

Elected to Gov't

Canadian Parliament

Junior League

Margaret McTavish Konantz

Member, Canadian Parliament, 1963-1968

Winnipeg, MB

Florence Bird

Member, Canadian Parliament, 1978-1983

Winnipeg, MB

Bobbie Sparrow

Member, Canadian Parliament, 1984-1988

Calgary, AB