Louise Day Hicks

Louise Day Hicks ( born October 16, 1916 in South Boston, Massachusetts, † 21 October 2003, ibid ) was an American politician. Between 1971 and 1973, she represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Anne Louise Day, so her maiden name, attended the public schools of their home. In 1938 she graduated from Wheelock College Teachers. Since 1942, she was married to the engineer John Hicks, with whom she had two sons. Until 1955 she studied at the Boston University School of Education. After a subsequent law studies at the School of Law at Boston University and in 1958 was admitted to her lawyer, she began to work in this profession. In 1960 she was a consultant of the Juvenile Court of Boston. From 1962 to 1967 she served as treasurer of the school board of this city, whose chair she held from 1963 until 1965. Politically, Hicks joined the Democratic Party. In 1967, she ran unsuccessfully for the office of mayor of Boston. Two years later she was elected to the local city council. She also was temporarily President of the Association of lawyers in Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1970, Hicks was in the ninth election district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where they became the successor of John W. McCormack on January 3, 1971. Since it has not been confirmed in 1972, she was able to complete only one term in Congress until January 3, 1973. This was marked by the events of the Vietnam War.

Louise Hicks became famous in the 1960s and 1970s for their resistance against racial equality in schools. Even after the end of their time in Congress, she advocated this position. She was once a member and 1976 President of the City Council of Boston. In 1977, she was not re-elected. She died on 21 October 2003 in South Boston.