page_title: Miriam Butterworth
hierarchical_section_title: Miriam Butterworth
caption_attribution_description: English: Miriam Butterworth, peace activist, and delegate in 1971 to the Paris peace negotiations to end the Vietnam War
context_page_description: Miriam Butterworth was an American educator, activist, and politician. She was a Democrat. In the 1940s, she supported equalize representation in the Connecticut General Assembly.
  She was involved in the international peace movement and worked for peace to end the Vietnam War and later as a monitor for voting in Nicaragua. After teaching at independent schools, Butterworth was chair of the Public Utilities Control Authority. She was president of Hartford College for Women and was on the Town Council of West Hartford.
  Butterworth died from heart disease on July 9, 2019 in Bloomfield, Connecticut, aged 101.
context_section_description: Miriam Butterworth (April 14, 1918 – July 9, 2019) was an American educator, activist, and politician. She was a Democrat. In the 1940s, she supported equalize representation in the Connecticut General Assembly. 
  She was involved in the international peace movement and worked for peace to end the Vietnam War and later as a monitor for voting in Nicaragua. After teaching at independent schools, Butterworth was chair of the Public Utilities Control Authority. She was president of Hartford College for Women and was on the Town Council of West Hartford.
  Butterworth died from heart disease on July 9, 2019 in Bloomfield, Connecticut, aged 101.
caption: Butterworth in 1971
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