district succeeded death_place death_date children birth_place party profession term_end preceded birth_date term_start spouse article_title state name alma_mater
2nd william a. dawson vienna , virginia 21 july 1983 1 american fork , utah democratic lawyer january 3 , 1953 william a. dawson 02 april 1895 january 3 , 1949 joseph bosone reva beck bosone
 utah reva beck bosone university of california at berkeley
reva beck bosone

reva zilpha beck bosone -lrb- april 2 , 1895 -- july 21 , 1983 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from utah .
she was the first woman elected to congress from utah .
born in american fork , utah , bosone attended the public schools .
she graduated from westminster junior college in 1917 and from the university of california at berkeley in 1919 .
she taught high school 1920-1927 .
she graduated from the university of utah college of law at salt lake city in 1930 and was admitted to the bar the same year .
she then practiced law in helper , utah from 1931 to 1933 and salt lake city from 1933 to 1936 .
she served as member of the state house of representatives 1933-1935 , serving as floor leader in 1935 .
bosone was elected salt lake city judge in 1936 and served until elected to congress .
during the second world war , she was chairman of women 's army corps civilian advisory committee of the ninth service command .
she served as official observer at united nations conference at san francisco in 1945 , and as the first director of utah state board for education on alcoholism in 1947 and 1948 .
bosone was elected as a democrat to the eighty-first and eighty-second congresses -lrb- january 3 , 1949 -- january 3 , 1953 -rrb- .
she was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the eighty-third congress and for election in 1954 to the eighty-fourth congress .
she served as delegate to democratic national conventions in 1952 and 1956 .
she resumed the practice of law in salt lake city from 1953 to 1957 , and was legal counsel to safety and compensation subcommittee of house committee on education and labor 1957-1960 .
she was also a judicial officer of the post office department in 1961-1968 .
she was a resident of vienna , virginia , until her death there july 21 , 1983 .
