Shirley Neil Pettis

Shirley Neil Pettis (July 12, 1924 – December 30, 2016) was an American journalist and politician who served two terms as a U.S. representative from California between 1975 and 1979.[1] She was a co-founder and manager of Audio-Digest Foundation from 1950 to 1953, and a newspaper columnist for the Sun-Telegram, San Bernardino, California, from 1967 to 1970.She won the special election that was held to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, United States Representative Jerry Pettis.She served as member of the board of directors, Kemper National Insurance Companies from 1979 to 1997.This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
U.S. House of RepresentativesCaliforniaJerry PettisJerry LewisMountain View, CaliforniaRancho Mirage, CaliforniaRepublicanAlma materAndrews UniversityUC BerkeleyU.S. representativeBerkeley, CaliforniaAndrews AcademyUniversity of California, BerkeleySan Bernardino, CaliforniaNinety-fourthUnited States RepresentativeNinety-fifthNinety-sixthHouse Foreign Affairs CommitteeWashington, D.C.Kemper National Insurance Companies1975 California's 37th congressional district special electionDemocraticAmerican Independent1976 United States House of Representatives elections in CaliforniaWomen in the United States House of Representativespublic domain materialBiographical Directory of the United States CongressJerry Lyle PettisU.S. House of RepresentativesCalifornia's 37th congressional district