Mary H. Goode
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 10th Suffolk district
In office
1975–1978
Preceded byBill Owens
Succeeded byCharles R. Doyle
Personal details
Born(1927-07-02)July 2, 1927
Zebulon, Georgia, United States
DiedSeptember 9, 2002(2002-09-09) (aged 75)[1]
Political partyDemocratic

Mary H. Goode was an American Democratic politician from Roxbury, Massachusetts, she was the second black female legislator in the state.[2][3] She represented the 10th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978.[3][4][5]

Early life

Goode was born in 1927 in Zebulon, Georgia and her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts just before she started high school.[2]

Personal life

Goode was a mother of three and attended Tufts University in her 40s and graduated in 1974.[2]

Goode's son, Raymond, drowned at the age of 21 while trying to swim across Houghton's Pond.[6]

Career

Goode defeated Emanuel Eaves by 19 votes and Leon Rock by 43 votes in the 1974 election.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mary R. Goode". The Boston Globe. September 11, 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "A Pioneering Advocate for Boston's Black Communities | Tufts Now". now.tufts.edu.
  3. 1 2 "History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015" (PDF). Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  4. ↑ "6 Nov 1974, 27 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "20 Sep 1978, 20 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "24 Jul 1978, 10 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "11 Sep 1974, 20 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
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