Mary H. Goode

Mary H. Goode
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 10th Suffolk district
In office 1975–1978
Preceded by	Bill Owens
Succeeded by	Charles R. Doyle
Personal details
Born	(1927-07-02)July 2, 1927 Zebulon, Georgia, United States
Died	September 9, 2002(2002-09-09) (aged 75)[1]
Political party	Democratic

Mary H. Goode was an American Democratic politician from Roxbury, Massachusetts, she was the second black female legislator in the state.^[2][3] She represented the 10th Suffolk district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1975 to 1978.^[3][4][5]

Early life

Goode was born in 1927 in Zebulon, Georgia and her family moved to Boston, Massachusetts just before she started high school.^[2]

Personal life

Goode was a mother of three and attended Tufts University in her 40s and graduated in 1974.^[2]

Goode's son, Raymond, drowned at the age of 21 while trying to swim across Houghton's Pond.^[6]

Career

Goode defeated Emanuel Eaves by 19 votes and Leon Rock by 43 votes in the 1974 election.^[7]

See also

• 1975-1976 Massachusetts legislature
• 1977-1978 Massachusetts legislature

References

1. "Mary R. Goode". The Boston Globe. September 11, 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
2. "A Pioneering Advocate for Boston's Black Communities | Tufts Now". now.tufts.edu.
3. "History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015" (PDF). Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
4. "6 Nov 1974, 27 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
5. "20 Sep 1978, 20 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
6. "24 Jul 1978, 10 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.
7. "11 Sep 1974, 20 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com.