Virginia Knauer
American Republican politician
Died when: 96 years 202 days (1158 months)Star Sign: Aries
Virginia Harrington Knauer (née Wright;March 28, 1915 – October 16, 2011) was an American Republican politician.She served as the Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs and Director of the U.S.
Office of Consumer Affairs (1969–1977 and 1981–1989).In 1959 she became the first Republican woman to be elected to the Philadelphia City Council, in which she served for eight years.
She was appointed to the newly created post of chief consumer advisor to Pennsylvania Governor Ray Shafer.She was also the mentor and good friend of former North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole.
Knauer died on October 16, 2011, in Washington, D.C., at age 96.
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