Mary Louise Hancock

Mary Louise Hancock (born July 5, 1920) is a retired New Hampshire state senator, former New Hampshire State Planning Director and has been called the 'Grand Dame' and the 'Queen Bee' of New Hampshire politics. She is a long term resident of New Hampshire's capital city of Concord and was the first woman to be elected senator from the state's 15th district. She received both the Robert Frost Award and the Susan B. Anthony Award. She has received honorary degrees from Keene State College as well as Notre Dame College of New Hampshire. Ms. Hancock is a distant relative of famed revolutionary John Hancock. In the year 2000, Governor Jeanne Shaheen proclaimed July 5, Hancock's birthday, to be Mary Louise Hancock Day throughout her home...