What is Ella Grasso?
[[File:Ella T Grasso.jpg|right|200px]] '''Ella Tambussi Grasso''' (May 10, 1919 &ndash; February 5, 1981) was a [[Democratic Party]] [[Americans|American]] politician. She was the first female [[Governor of Connecticut|governor]] of the state of [[Connecticut]]. Grasso was in office from 1975 to 1980. She was elected governor in November 1974. She was the first female governor elected in her own right. From 1971 to 1975, she was a member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Grasso was born in [[Windsor Locks, Connecticut]]. Grasso died on February 5, 1981 in [[Hartford, Connecticut]] of a [[heart attack]] and [[multiple organ failure]] caused by [[ovarian cancer]], aged 61.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40401598/el_paso_times/ |title=Ella Grasso dies at age 61 |date=6 February 1981 |work=El Paso Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211032928/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40401598/el_paso_times/ |archive-date=11 December 2019 |url-status=live |page=3 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1984, [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] [[posthumously]] awarded her the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame}} {{us-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Grasso, Ella T.}} [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:United States representatives from Connecticut]] [[Category:Deaths from ovarian cancer]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Deaths from multiple organ failure]] [[Category:Governors of Connecticut]] [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:1981 deaths]]