What is Evelyn Gandy?
[[Image:Evelyn Gandy-reg.jpg|right|250px]] '''Edythe Evelyn Gandy''' (September 4, 1920 – December 23, 2007) was an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] and [[lawyer]]. Gandy was the second female elected under a statewide office in [[Mississippi]]. That was Mississippi State Treasurer.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lt Governor Evelyn Gandy and Owen Gandy|publisher=The Mississippi History Timeline|url=https://www.mdah.ms.gov/timeline/people/lt-governor-evelyn-gandy-and-owen-cooper|access-date=July 19, 2021|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720200653/https://www.mdah.ms.gov/timeline/people/lt-governor-evelyn-gandy-and-owen-cooper/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first female was [[Nellah Massey Bailey]]. Bailey was elected the State Tax Collector in 1947. Gandy was later elected the [[insurance commissioner]] and 26th [[Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Gandy Dead at 87|publisher=WLBT|url=https://www.wlbt.com/story/7539179/former-lieutenant-governor-evelyn-gandy-dead-at-87|access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref> Gandy was a member under the United States' [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. In 1947, she was elected to Mississippi House of Representatives from [[Forrest County, Mississippi|Forrest County]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Group Honors Evelyn Gandy|publisher=Jackson Free Press|url=https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2019/jun/14/womens-group-honors-evelyn-gandy-giant-mississippi|access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref> In 1959, Gandy was the first woman elected the Mississippi Assistant [[attorney general|Attorney General]]. Later that year, she became the state treasurer. Gandy ran twice for the [[List of governors of Mississippi|Governor of Mississippi]]. Both times, she was defeated. ==Death== Gandy was born in [[Hattiesburg, Mississippi]]. She died after a long bout having [[progressive supranuclear palsy]], a condition similar to [[Parkinson's disease]].<ref>{{cite web|title=USM Honors the Life and