"She also was really influential in not pulling up the ladder once she achieved what she did but instead reaching down and helping other women get elected."
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Marian Bergeson
Marian C. Bergeson (August 31, 1925 – July 6, 2016) was an American politician from California. A Republican, she became the first woman to serve in both the California State Assembly and California State Senate, she was a member of the California State Legislature from 1978 to 1995, a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors from 1995 to 1996, and California State Secretary of Education from 1996 to 1999.
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