Rose Prokop

Connecticut House of Representatives A Republican, Prokop was first elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1944. She served seven terms as one of two representatives from the town of Stratford. Prokop chose not to run for reelection in 1958, citing "purely personal" reasons, and she left office in 1959. At the time of Prokop's retirement, she and Clara O'Shea were the longest-serving of the current women members of the House, with both having served fourteen consecutive years.

In 1955, Prokop opposed two bills on birth control, one that allowed physicians to prescribe contraceptives to women whom they believed could have their lives or health endangered by pregnancy, and one that repealed a law preventing the sale of contraceptive devices. The House passed both bills.

Death Prokop died on March 22, 1973, at St. Vincent's Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut. She was 76.