Author's Entries

• Beverly Clarno (1936-)

  In a political career that spanned thirty-two years, Beverly “Bev” Clarno has broken a number of historic glass ceilings: She was the first woman elected to the Oregon State Legislature from Central Oregon; the first Republican woman to serve as caucus leader in the Oregon House of Representatives; the second …

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• Mae Yih (1928–)

  Upon her election to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1976, Mae Yih became the first Chinese-born woman in the United States elected to a state legislative chamber. Mid-Willamette Valley voters re-elected Yih to two additional terms in the House and five terms in the Oregon Senate. In 1993, …

  Oregon Encyclopedia