Lindy Boggs

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Lindy Boggs was a long-serving U.S. congresswoman from Louisiana and influential Democratic political figure who later became the first woman to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican.

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Lindy Boggs canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Democrat ⓘ
ambassador ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
almaMater Tulane University ⓘ
appointedBy Bill Clinton ⓘ
birthName Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne ⓘ
child Barbara Boggs Sigmund ⓘ
Cokie Roberts ⓘ
Tom Boggs ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-03-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-07-27 ⓘ
educatedAt Newcomb College of Tulane University ⓘ
linked to: Tulane University
endTime (as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See) 2001-03-01 ⓘ
familyName Boggs ⓘ
fieldOfWork legislative politics ⓘ
public service ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
givenName Marie ⓘ
honor Lindy Claiborne Boggs International Airport (New Orleans airport named in her honor) ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for civil rights and women's rights ⓘ
influential role in Democratic Party politics in Louisiana ⓘ
memberOf Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
nickname Lindy ⓘ
notableAchievement first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana ⓘ
first woman to serve as United States Ambassador to the Holy See ⓘ
officeEndTime 1991-01-03 ⓘ
officeStartTime 1973-03-20 ⓘ
placeOfBirth Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States ⓘ
politicalParty Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Party
positionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
United States Ambassador to the Holy See ⓘ
United States Representative ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Representative
precededBy Hale Boggs ⓘ
reasonForEnteringCongress won special election after disappearance of her husband Hale Boggs ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
represented Louisiana's 2nd congressional district ⓘ
residence New Orleans, Louisiana, United States ⓘ
servedUnder Bill Clinton ⓘ
George H. W. Bush ⓘ
Jimmy Carter ⓘ
Ronald Reagan ⓘ
spouse Hale Boggs ⓘ
startTime (as U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See) 1997-12-16 ⓘ
workLocation Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hale Boggs → successorInHouseSeat → Lindy Boggs ⓘ
Cokie Roberts → mother → Lindy Boggs ⓘ
Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. → spouse → Lindy Boggs ⓘ
subject linked to: Thomas
Boggs → hasNotableBearer → Lindy Boggs ⓘ
Hale Boggs → spouse → Lindy Boggs ⓘ
subject linked to: Boggs
Barbara Boggs Sigmund → mother → Lindy Boggs ⓘ
Barbara Boggs Sigmund → hasRelative → Lindy Boggs ⓘ
Tom Boggs → mother → Lindy Boggs ⓘ
Tom Boggs → notableFamilyMember → Lindy Boggs ⓘ