"My whole position on the issue has been distorted and cruelly twisted."
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N. Lorraine Beebe
N. Lorraine Beebe (née Boekeloo; June 19, 1910 – August 12, 2005) was an American state senator and Michigan state coordinator of the 1980 Anderson for President campaign. She became the third woman in Michigan history to sit on the Michigan Senate after upsetting Democratic nominee Edward J.
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