Shirley A. Hokanson (born February 8, 1936) is an American politician and social worker. Hokanson was born in

Morris, Minnesota Morris is a city and the county seat of Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,105 at the 2020 census. Morris is surrounded by some of the nation's richest agricultural land, and agribusiness is important to the local ...

and graduated from Morris High School in 1954. She received her bachelor's degree from the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

in 1958 and her master's degree in sociology and human services planning and administration from

Minnesota State University, Mankato Minnesota State University, Mankato (MNSU, MSU, or Minnesota State) is a public university in Mankato, Minnesota, United States. It is Minnesota's second-largest university and has over 145,000 living alumni worldwide. Founded in 1868, it is t ...

in 1977. Hokanson was a social worker and lived in

Richfield, Minnesota Richfield is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota. An inner-ring suburb of Minneapolis, Richfield is bordered by Minneapolis to the north, Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport and Fort Snelling to the east, Bloomington to the south, ...

with her husband and family. She served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

from 1977 to 1982 and was a

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.'Former legislators share war stories,' Laura McCallum,

Minnesota Public Radio Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is a public radio network for the state of Minnesota. With its three services, KNOW-FM, News & Information, KSJN, YourClassical MPR and KCMP, The Current, MPR operates a 46-station regional radio network in the upper ...

, February 14, 2005

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1936 births Living people People from Morris, Minnesota People from Richfield, Minnesota University of Minnesota alumni Minnesota State University, Mankato alumni American social workers Women state legislators in Minnesota Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature 20th-century American women politicians {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-Democratic-stub