"She’s the only widow I know who is really qualified—damn qualified—to take over."
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Members of the United States House of RepresentativesWomen politicians in the United StatesPoliticians from LouisianaUnited States Ambassadors to the Holy See
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BOGGS, Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Retrieved 19 April 2025
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Lindy Boggs
Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana.
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