What is Miriam Butterworth?
{{Infobox person | name = Miriam Butterworth | image = Miriam_Butterworth,_1971.jpg | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = Butterworth in 1971 | birth_name = Miriam Ford Brooks | birth_date = {{Birth date|1918|04|14}} | birth_place = [[Hartford, Connecticut]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|07|09|1918|04|14}} | death_place = [[Bloomfield, Connecticut|Bloomfield]], Connecticut | nationality = American | other_names = Mims Butterworth, Miriam B. Butterworth, Miriam Brooks Butterworth | occupation = educator, politician, historian, activist | years_active = 1940–2018 | known_for = | notable_works = }} '''Miriam Butterworth''' (April 14, 1918 – July 9, 2019) was an American [[Teacher|educator]], [[Activism|activist]], and [[politician]]. She was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. In the 1940s, she helped equalize representation in the [[Connecticut General Assembly]]. She was involved in the international peace movement and worked for peace to end the [[Vietnam War]] and later as a monitor for voting in [[Nicaragua]]. After teaching at independent schools, Butterworth was chair of the Public Utilities Control Authority. She was president of [[Hartford College for Women]] and was on the Town Council of [[West Hartford, Connecticut|West Hartford]]. Butterworth died from [[heart disease]] on July 9, 2019 in [[Bloomfield, Connecticut]], aged 101.{{sfn|Hamilton|2019}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Butterworth, Miriam}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from heart disease]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:American historians]] [[Category:Educators from Hartford, Connecticut]] [[Category:American political activists]] [[Category:Politicians from Hartford, Connecticut]] [[Category:Writers from Hartford, Connecticut]] [[Category:People from West Hartford, Connecticut]] [[Category:People from Bloom