Mary H. Goode | |
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| Member of the MassachusettsHouseofRepresentatives from the 10th Suffolk district | |
| In office 1975–1978 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Owens |
| Succeeded by | Charles R. Doyle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 2,1927 Zebulon,Georgia,United States |
| Died | September 9,2002 (aged 75) [1] |
| Political party | Democratic |
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]
Goode was born in 1927 in Zebulon,Georgia and her family moved to Boston,Massachusetts just before she started high school. [2]
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]
Goode defeated Emanuel Eaves by 19 votes and Leon Rock by 43 votes in the 1974 election. [7]