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Jeanette Reibman

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Jeanette F. Reibman
Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 18th district
In office
January 7, 1969 – November 30, 1994
Preceded byJustin Jirolanio
Succeeded byJoseph Uliana
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the Northampton County district
In office
January 5, 1955 – November 30, 1966
Personal details
Born(1915-08-18)August 18, 1915
Fort Wayne, Indiana
DiedMarch 11, 2006(2006-03-11) (aged 90)
Allentown, Pennsylvania

Jeanette F. Reibman (August 18, 1915 – March 11, 2006)[1] is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate.[2] She also served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.[3] She was the first female Pennsylvania State Senator, and us one of only two women to have been elected to the Senate as of 2015, along with Lisa Boscola.[4]

She was a trustee to Lafayette College from 1970 to 1985.[5]

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "R"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  3. ^ Cox, Harold. "House Members "R"". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.
  4. ^ Lane, Shannon (August 31, 2015). "Where are the women in Lehigh Valley government?". The Express-Times. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
  5. ^ Gendebien, Albert W. (1986). The Biography of a College: A History of Lafayette College 1927 - 1978. Easton, PA: Lafayette College.

http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/8440