About Zilpher Jennings
Lived 1928 – 1961 (aged 33). Zilpher Jennings was a civil servant.
Zilpher Margaret Jennings Reed (13 June 1928 – 13 August 1961) was an American Samoan politician. In 1953 she was one of the first two women elected to the Fono, when she won a seat in the House of Representatives.
Biography Jennings was born in Swains Island in 1928, the daughter of Margaret (née Pedro) and Eli Jennings, the owner of the island. She began working in the administration department of the American Samoan government, and married Fritz John Reed, with whom she had two sons in 1956 and 1958.
In the 1953 legislative elections, she was elected to the House of Representatives from Swains Island, one of two women elected to the House alongside Mabel Reid.
She died in 1961.
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Who was Zilpher Jennings?
American Samoan politician
When was Zilpher Jennings born?
Zilpher Jennings was born on 13 June 1928 in American Samoa, Swains Island.
When did Zilpher Jennings die?
Zilpher Jennings died on 13 August 1961 in American Samoa, Fagatogo.
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Zilpher Jennings was a civil servant.
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