Reva Beck Bosone
Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone (April 2, 1895 – July 21, 1983) was an American attorney and politician. She was a U.S. Representative from Utah for two terms from 1949 to 1953.
Reva Beck Bosone
She was the first woman elected to Congress from Utah.[3]
Early life and education[edit]
Born in American Fork in the Utah Territory, the daughter of a Danish immigrant father,[4] Bosone attended public schools and graduated from high school in 1915.[5] She graduated from Westminster Junior College in 1917 and from the University of California at Berkeley in 1919.[6] She taught high school 1920–1927. She graduated from the University of Utah College of Law at Salt Lake City in 1930 and was admitted to the bar the same year. Bosone was the 14th woman admitted to the Utah State Bar.[7]
Death[edit]
She was a resident of Vienna, Virginia, until her death there July 21, 1983.