Born: 9 May 1871, United States
Died: 20 January 1943
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Susan Grimes Walker
The following is republished with permission from the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail.
Susan Walker FitzGerald (1871-1943) was the first woman Democrat elected to the Massachusetts State Legislature. Having worked actively in the statewide suffrage campaign, she was elected in 1922 and served one term. She then became active in the international work of the General Alliance of Unitarian and Other Christian Women.