Marguerite E. Bowman (May 9, 1918 – September 20, 1997) was a member of the

Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Ohio; the other house of the bicameral legislature being the Ohio Senate. The House of Representatives first met in ...

. She was the first woman elected mayor of

Elyria, Ohio Elyria ( ) is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the forks of the Black River (Ohio), Black River in Northeast Ohio, southwest of Cleveland. The population was 52,656 at the 2020 United States cens ...

from 1976-9.

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Profile on the Ohio Ladies' Gallery website
1918 births 1997 deaths Members of the Ohio House of Representatives Women state legislators in Ohio 20th-century American women politicians Mayors of places in Ohio Women mayors of places in Ohio 20th-century members of the Ohio General Assembly {{ohio-OHRepresentative-stub