Veronica Grace Boland

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Veronica Grace Boland (March 18, 1899 – June 19, 1982) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and the first female member of Congress from Pennsylvania.

Veronica Grace Barrett was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania. She married Patrick J. Boland. She was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband. She was not a candidate for reelection in 1942.

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• Veronica Grace Boland at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Preceded by Patrick J. Boland

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district 1942 - 1943

Succeeded by John W. Murphy