Haskell, Frances M.

Frances M. Haskell ran successfully for the Washington State House on the Republican Party ticket in 1919. She served for one two-year term, representing District 38 (Pierce County). During her time in the legislature Haskell served on committees concerned with education, health care, state libraries, and veterans. In addition, she chaired the committee on public morals. She successfully sponsored a bill relating to juvenile insurance by fraternal benefit societies. In 1920 Haskell sponsored the federal woman suffrage amendment in an extraordinary session of the Washington legislature. Haskell was born in New York. She married Herbert B. Haskell and resided with him in Tacoma, Washington. Frances Haskell held several national offices with the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). She served as the GAR's national president in 1939.