Lucille Wolfe Davidson (November 11, 1920 - November 19, 2001) was a teacher and state legislator in Arizona. She lived in Tucson and represented District 14 in the
Arizona Senate
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from 1974 to 1976,
as a
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Lucille Wolfe was born in New York City. She married Edward S. Davidson. She introduced the "Death with Dignity Bill" and was an advocate for prison reform.
[ She lost her 1976 re-election campaign to Republican ]Jim Kolbe
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She served in Arizona's Bicentennial Commission.Tucson
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aged 81.[ ][ ] She had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer
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a couple of months prior to her death, but had declined chemotherapy
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See also
* 1974 Arizona Senate election
References
Arizona state senators
1920 births
2001 deaths
20th-century members of the Arizona State Legislature
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