Dorothy Naddelle Nichols (November 13, 1923–April 19, 2004) was an American politician who served for three terms as a Republican member of the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

, from 1981 to 1986. Nichols lived in

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, where she was a city councillor and mayor before being elected to the state legislature. She was married to William Nichols, who died before she entered the Kansas House, and was the mother of six children. She owned and operated a cafe in Ottawa.

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1923 births 2004 deaths Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Politicians from Ottawa, Kansas 20th-century American women politicians Women state legislators in Kansas 20th-century members of the Kansas Legislature {{Kansas-politician-stub