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That Pellet Woman! by Betty Pellet, Alexander Klein is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Elizabeth Eyre Pellet (née Elizabeth Eyre;[1] January 15, 1887 – April 7, 1976)[2] was an American actress, suffragist, and state legislator who served in the state of Colorado.[3] A Democrat, she represented southern Colorado counties of Dolores, Montezuma, and San Miguel in the Colorado House of Representatives, from 1948 to 1964, and as minority leader, from 1955 to 1956.[4] She was the first woman to serve as Colorado's House minority leader.BiographyElizabeth Eyre was born in South Norwalk (now part of Norwalk), Connecticut on January 15, 1887.[2] She acted on Broadway and in a silent film, The Plunderer (1915). In New York she also marched as a suffragist. She was married in 1919 to lawyer Robert Lockwood Pellet (1872–1949).[2]She moved to Colorado with her husband and they operated mines in Rico, Colorado, where she was elected to the school board.[1] She wrote an autobiography titled, That Pellet Woman! (1965, published by Stein and Day).[5] She worked to gain federal support to save and restore the Rio Grande Southern Railroad.[6]She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2016.[1]

Who reads That Pellet Woman!?

Author

Betty Pellet, Alexander Klein

Publisher

STEIN AND DAY

Published

1965

Language

EN

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, Biography, General & Miscellaneous Biography