| LC control no. | n 50006936 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Bedell, Catherine May, 1914-2004 |
| Variant(s) | May, Catherine Dean Barnes, 1914-2004 Bedell, Catherine, 1914-2004 Bedell, Catherine M., 1914-2004 Bedell, C. M. (Catherine May), 1914-2004 May, Catherine, 1914-2004 May, Catherine Dean, 1914-2004 May, Catherine D., 1914-2004 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Washington (State) New York (N.Y.) Los Angeles (Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1914-05-18 |
| Death date | 2004-05-28 |
| Place of birth | Yakima (Wash.) |
| Field of activity | Washington (State)--Politics and government--1951- United States--Politics and government Radio journalism Radio advertising Speech therapy |
| Affiliation | United States Tariff Commission Amtrak United States. Congress Washington (State). Legislature. House of Representatives National Broadcasting Company Strange and Prosser Advertising Agency (Seattle, Wash.) Federal Insurance Company (Seattle, Wash.) Chehalis High School (Chehalis, Wash.) University of Southern California Chehalis High School (Chehalis, Wash.) University of Washington Yakima Valley Junior College Yakima High School (Yakima, Wash.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Radio journalists Speech therapists Teachers |
| Found in | U.S. Cong. S. Committee on Finance. Nominations ... 1971. OCLC, Sept. 12, 2007 (hdgs.: Bedell, Catherine May, 1914- ; May, Catherine Dean Barnes, 1914- ; usage: Catherine May Bedell; Catherine Bedell; variants: Catherine Dean Barnes May; Catherine May) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Aug. 16, 2009 (May, Catherine Dean, (later Catherine May Bedell), a Representative from Wash.; b. Catherine Dean Barnes, May 18, 1914; d. May 28, 2004) Celebrating 100 years, Women in the Legislature, 1913-2013 (website), viewed Sept. 2, 2021: Catherine May Bedell (Catherine May Bedell (Republican) represented [the 14th] district of Yakima County in the House of Representatives from 1952 to 1958. Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1958, she represented the 4th Congressional District until 1972, and was subsequently appointed to the Federal Trade Commission. Born 1914, in Yakima, Bedell worked her way through the University of Washington, and was one of the first two people qualified to teach speech correction in Washington. Unable to find work in her field, she became a radio commentator and wrote and produced a successful women's program, featuring household tips and the secrets of being a better wife and mother. while single herself. Highly successful, she landed a job with NBC and moved to New York to write the scripts for the new TV Betty Crocker shows. Bedell married a Washington native and during her first pregnancy they decided Yakima was the place to raise a family. Dissatisfied with the Republican incumbent in the House, the Young Republicans decided to field one of their own and asked Bedell to run. In her campaign Bedell made extensive use of women's service groups and clubs: she recalls the "Old Girl's Network" was instrumental to her campaign victories. While in the State Legislature, Representative Bedell focused on the twin themes of strict economy and improved service.) <http://web.leg.wa.gov/WomenInTheLegislature/Members/MayBedellC.htm> Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (website), viewed Sept. 2, 2021: Preliminary Guide to the Catherine May Bedell Papers on U.S. International Trade Commission 1970-1981, MSSM.096 (Biography/History: Catherine May was born Catherine Dean Barnes at Yakima, Washington, in 1914. Graduating from Yakima High School in 1932, she attended Yakima Valley Junior College through 1934, and then received the Bachelor of Science degree in 1936 and the Fifth Year Education Certificate from the University of Washington in 1937. From 1937 through 1940, she taught English in the Chehalis High School, interrupting this tenure for a brief period in 1939 to study speech at the University of Southern California. At the close of the school year in 1940, Mrs. May entered into a career in radio journalism and advertising, first with station KMO in Tacoma, and later stations KOMO and KJR in Seattle. From 1942 to 1944, she worked in advertising for Strange and Prosser Advertising Agency and the Federal Insurance Company, both of Seattle. She was in New York City 1944-1946 in the employment of the National Broadcasting Company. Following this, Mrs. May returned to Washington State, continuing in radio journalism at station KIT in Yakima through 1957. Catherine May entered politics actively when she was a candidate and elected to the Washington State House of Representatives in 1952, representing a Yakima district. Re-elected twice, she remained a member of the state legislature until 1958, when she secured the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Republican Congressman, Otis Halbert Holmes. She was elected to the United States Congress six times and served until 1970 when she was succeeded by Democrat, Mike McCormack. Upon leaving Congress, she was appointed one of the Federal government trustees of the quasi-public National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK). In May of 1971, President Richard Nixon appointed her a member and Chairman of United States Tariff Commission.) <http://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu/masc/finders/mssm_096.htm> |
| Associated language | eng |
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