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American politician (1926–2020)

Grace L. Drake


Member of the Ohio Senate from the 22nd district
In office May 20, 1984 – December 31, 2000
Preceded by	Ben Skall
Succeeded by	Ron Amstutz

Personal details
Born	May 25, 1926 New London, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	December 30, 2020(2020-12-30) (aged 94) Solon, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican

Grace L. Drake (née Driscoll; May 25, 1926 – December 30, 2020) was an American politician, member of the Ohio Senate, serving the 22nd district from 1984 to 2000. Her district encompassed the eastern/southern portion of Cuyahoga County and all of Medina and Wayne Counties. In 2000 she faced term limits and was succeeded by Ron Amstutz.

Biography

Grace L. Drake was born, on May 25, 1926, in New London, Connecticut and graduated from Williams Memorial Institute, in New London, in 1944. She later moved to Solon, Ohio and was a photographer and a studio manager. During her tenure in the Senate she advocated for the Ohio State University-Agricultural Technical Institute in Wooster, and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, establishing legislation that transferred ownership of the surrounding land to the Institute for use as a working farm. In 2003 her work was recognized when the university renamed the area the Grace L. Drake Agricultural Laboratory.

In 2001 Drake founded the Ohio Center for the Advancement of Women in Public Service at the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University. The center aims to inspire women to choose public sector careers. Drake died on December 30, 2020, in Solon, Ohio.

References

OurCampaigns.com.-Grace L. Drake
^ Morgan, Emily (December 31, 2020). "Former Ohio Sen. 'Amazing Grace' Drake dies". The Daily Record. Archived from the original on December 31, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
"SENATOR GRACE L. DRAKE Obituary (1926 - 2020) the Plain Dealer".
"Candidate Information from Congressional Quarterly: Grace L. Drake". CNN. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
"Mentoring: History". Cleveland State University. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
Senator Grace Drake-Solon, Ohio-1926-2020

External links

Ohio Women's Hall of Fame

1970–1979

1978	Florence E. Allen Helen Chatfield Black Frances Bolton Elizabeth Boyer Harriet Bracken Martha Kinney Cooper Gertrude Donahey Jane Edna Hunter Consolata Kline Virginia Kunkle Margaret A. Mahoney Helen Grace McClelland Agnes Merritt Rose Papier Lottie Randolph Ella P. Stewart Marigene Valiquette Ann B. Walker Stella Walsh Marion Wells
1979	Mary Jobe Akeley Mary Ann Bickerdyke Beatrice Cleveland Charity Edna Earley Eleanor Jammal Bernice Kochan Emily Leedy Ruth Lyons Jerrie Mock Emma Phaler Rachel Redinger Bobbie L. Sterne Ethel Swanbeck Clara Weisenborn Marjorie Whiteman

1980–1989

1980	Grace Berlin Erma Bombeck Patricia M. Byrne Ruth Crawford Louisa Fast Dorothy Fuldheim Lillian Gish Esther Greisheimer Edith Keller Tella Kitchen Blanche Krupansky Hattie Larlham Mary Louise Nemeth Annie Oakley Doris Martha Weber
1981	Mildred Bayer Tina Bischoff Lovin Dorothy Cornelius Doris Day Phyllis Diller Eusebia Hunkins Andre Norton Jean Starr Untermeyer Harriet Taylor Upton Nancy Wilson
1982	A. Margaret Boyd Ann Eriksson Bernice Foley Zelma Watson George Grace Goulder Izant Toni Morrison Phyllis Sewell Jayne Spain Helen Zelkowitz
1983	Harriet J. Anderson Ione Biggs Eula Bingham Mary O. Boyle Mariwyn Heath Josephine Irwin Barbara Janis Minnie Player Gloria Steinem Freda Winning Mary E. Miller Young
1984	Sally Cooper Sarah E. Harris Cindy Noble Hauserman Marcy Kaptur Karen Nussbaum Mary Rose Oakar Catherine Pinkerton Willa Beatrice Player Judith Resnik Helen Hooven Santmyer Marian Trimble Joyce Wollenberg
1985	Lois Anna Barr Cook Mercedes Cotner Zell Draz Barbara Easterling Nikki Giovanni Aurora Gonzalez Mary K. Lazarus Barbara Mandel Norma Marcere Helen Mulholland Lauretta Schimmoler Marge Schott Mary Jen Steinbrenner
1986	Margaret Andrew Kathleen L. Barber Fay Biles Elizabeth Blackwell Marie Clarke Eva Mae Crosby Ruby Dee Cynthia Drennan Hooker Glendinning Louise Herring Katherine LeVeque Ruth Ratner Miller Amelia Nava Arline Webb Pratt Anastasia Ann Przelomski Virginia Purdy Selma Lois Walker Julia Montgomery Walsh Faye Wattleton Mary Ellen Withrow
1988	Anna Biggins Patricia Clonch Norma Craden Jewel Freeman Graham Cathy Guisewite Rebecca D. Jackson Carol Heiss Jenkins Carol Kane Bea Larsen Alice Raful Lev Linda Rocker Sogg Eleanor Smeal Carolyn Utz Anita Smith Ward
1989	Jeanette Grasselli Brown Maxine Carnahan Tracy Chapman Betsy Mix Cowles Ann Gazelle Michelle Graves Florence Harshman June Hutt Geraldine Jensen Carolyn Mahoney Linda James Myers Jennie Porter Diane Poulton Renee Powell Charlene Spretnak Charlene Ventura

1990–1999

1990	Marilyn Gaston Dorothy Jackson Luella Talmadge Jackson Janet Kalven Rosabeth Kanter Maggie Kuhn Joan Lamson Maya Lin Anne Variano Macko Alicia Mott Ludel Sauvageot Fanchon bat-Lillian Shur Phebe Temperance Sutliff Grayce Williams
1991	Berenice Abbott Earladeen Badger Hallie Brown JoAnn Davidson Raquel Diaz-Sprague Rita Dove Mary Ignatia Gavin Sara J. Harper Donna Hawk June Holley Martha C. Moore Darlene Owens Helen H. Peterson Martha Pituch Yvonne Pointer Virginia Ruehlmann Josephine Schwarz Suzanne Timken Nancy Vertrone Bieniek Stella Marie Zannoni
1992	Mary of the Annunciation Beaumont Antoinette Eaton Rubie McCullough Nancy Oakley Harriet Parker Susan Porter Helen Steiner Rice Alice Schille Louella Thompson
1993	Mildred Benson Amelia Bingham Virginia Coffey Viola Famiano Colombi Ivy Gunter Virginia Hamilton Lucy Webb Hayes Joy Alice Hintz Geraldine Macelwane Anne O'Hare McCormick Rena Olshansky Edna Pincham Maxine Plummer Jean Reilly Pauline Riel
1994	Christine M. Cook Claudia Coulton Ellen Walker Craig-Jones Nanette Ferrall Jill Harms Griesse Georgia Griffith Florence Melton Lucille Nussdorfer Jane Reece Emma Ann Reynolds Carol Scott Paula Spence Deanna Tribe Lillian Wald
1995	Sandra Beckwith Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge Patricia Ann Blackmon Mary Bowermaster Christine Brennan Joy Garrison Cauffman Bunny Cowan Clark Grace L. Drake Naomi J. Evans Frances Dana Gage Jane Kirkham Sylvia Lewis Tami Longaberger Donna Moon Gratia Murphy Alice Robie Resnick Muriel Siebert
1996	Carol Cartwright Elizabeth Evans Rae Natalie Prosser de Goodall Elizabeth Hauser Bernadine Healy Carol Kelly Fannie Lewis Betty Montgomery Hope Taft
1997	Carol Ball Marilyn Byers Jean Murrell Capers Martha Dorsey Joan Heidelberg Clarice Herbert Beatrice Lampkin Jacquelyn Mayer Townsend Ann O'Rourke Beryl Rothschild Thekla Shackelford
1998	Marianne Boggs Campbell Carole Garrison Nancy Hollister Stephanie J. Jones Bettye Ruth Kay Barbara Ross-Lee Audrey Mackiewicz Kathy Palasics Margaret Diane Quinn Henrietta Seiberling Mary Emily Taylor Virginia Varga Jacqueline Woods Nancy L. Zimpher
1999	Mary Jo Behrensmeyer Alvina Costilla Sarah Deal Electra Doren Daisy Flowers Annie Glenn Ann Hamilton Carole Hoover Cheryl Han Horn Carol Latham Nancy Linenkugel Marie Barrett Marsh Marjorie Parham Mary Regula Lee Lenore Rubin Harriet Beecher Stowe Jerry Sue Thornton Janet Voinovich

2000–2009

2000	Paige Palmer-Ashbaugh Maude Charles Collins Faye Dambrot Margarita De Leon Patricia Louise Fletcher Jean Patrice Harrington Shirley Hoffman Dorothy Kazel Farah Majidzadeh Ada Martin Lorle Porter Lanna Samaniego Yvonne Walker-Taylor Margaret W. Wong Betty Zane
2001	Rebecca Boreczky Frances Jennings Casement Ruth L. Davis Lucille Ford Susan F. Gray Kathleen V. Harrison Adella Prentiss Hughes Janet E. Jackson Dorothy Kamenshek Maxine Levin Irene D. Long Martha MacDonell Mary Andrew Matesich Elizabeth Powell Deborah Pryce Maria Sexton Farah Walters Georgeta Blebea Washington
2002	Judy Barker Frances Seiberling Buchholzer Joan Brown Campbell Nancy Frankenberg Zell Hart-Deming Elsie Helsel Katie T. Horstman Jennie Hwang Cathy Monroe Lewis Viola Startzman Robertson Stefanie Spielman Kathryn D. Sullivan
2003	Sheila G. Bailey Jeraldyne Kilborn Blunden Shannon K. Carter Luceille Fleming Olga González-Sanabria Elsie Janis Lois Lenski Ellen Mosley-Thompson Cathy Nelson Evlyn Gray Scott Yvonne Williams
2007	Margaret Brugler Rogers Julia Chatfield Lucille Hastings Lillie Howard Mary Ann Jorgenson Joyce "Snowfeather" Mahaney Rozella M. Schlotfeldt Katherine May Smith Florence Wang
2008	Dorothy Baunach Carrie Black Caro Bosca Yvette McGee Brown Loann Crane Joan Durgin Carol Gibbs Billie Johnson Jih-Fen Lei Elizabeth Stewart Magee Kasturi Rajadhyaksha Julie Salamon Michele G. Wheatly
2009	Gail Collins Pamela B. Davis Kim de Groh Beverly J. Gray Sharon Howard Carol Kuhre Virginia Manning Helen Moss Judith Rycus Mary Adelaide Sandusky Glenna Watson Bernett Williams Celia Williamson

2010–2019

2010	Alvarene Owens Gayle Channing Tenenbaum Dorothy Maguire Barbara Fergus Merle G. Kearns Rebecca J. Lee Nina McClelland Lana Moresky Martha Potter Otto Elizabeth Ruppert Rita Singh
2011	Cheryl A. Boyce Elizabeth H. Flick Frances Harper Brenda Hollis Mary C. Juhas Kleia R. Luckner Valerie J. Lyons Linda S. Noelker Carrie Vonderhaar

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