Agnes Scanlon

Agnes M. Scanlon (December 22, 1923 – October 3, 2018) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Formative years and family Born as Agnes M. Ruddock in Springfield, Massachusetts, on December 22, 1923, Scanlon graduated from the High School of Commerce in Springfield, the Springfield Vocational School, the Philadelphia Flore Academy of Beauty Culture, and the Berlitz School of Languages.

She and her husband, Pennsylvania Senator Joseph J. Scanlon, were the parents of three children, the grandparents of eight grandchildren and the great-grandparents of six great-grandchildren. He was buried at the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania.

Career Employed during her early adult years as a beautician,

Hired as an administrative assistant for the Register of Wills office in Philadelphia, Agnes Scanlon later worked as an administrative assistant for the Philadelphia Parking Authority.

She was then elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1977 term, during which she worked to increase state funding for Pennsylvania schools, but was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection, losing the opportunity to serve for the 1979 term by less than three hundred votes.

Death Scanlon died in Philadelphia on October 3, 2018.