Lillian Frink

Political career

Frink was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1920, the first election cycle in which women in Connecticut could vote for and hold state office, and was among the first five women to serve in the General Assembly. A Republican, she served two terms as one of two representatives from the town of Canterbury and did not run for reelection in 1924. She was succeeded by Clinton E. Frink and Andrew T. J. Clark. During her first term, Frink was a member of the Public Health and Safety Committee and clerk of the Legislative Expenses Committee. She was a member of the state and national Order of Women Legislators. The bill also faced significant local opposition from both Republican and Democratic politicians and organizations, and Frink withdrew the bill on February 16, 1955, shortly before it was scheduled to be heard by the General Assembly's Judiciary Committee.