Janet Kirkland Starr

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Janet Starr
1967 Janet Kirkland Starr Massachusetts House of Representatives.png
Member of the MassachusettsHouseofRepresentatives
from the 23rd Middlesex district
In office
1963–1968
Personal details
Children David Starr (politician)

Janet Kirkland Starr was an American Republican politician from Belmont, Massachusetts. [1] She represented the 23rd Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1963 to 1968. [1]

She was born in 1917 in New Rochelle, NY to Carol and Bryson Howie and attended Wellesley College, where she earned a degree in philosophy. She married John C. Starr, originally of Montreal.

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References

  1. 1 2 "History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015" (PDF). Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2021.