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First WDC President: Barbara J. Pryor

April 3, 2025 WDC

To close out March’s Women’s History Month in 2025, WDC would like to remember our Club’s first President, Barbara J. Pryor, who served from 1957-1959. She was an iconic Democratic activist, having worked on Adlai Stevenson’s presidential campaign, and later, helped to establish the WDC. Pryor was the mother of two daughters and one son, and a grandmother of five. She is pictured here at the age 18.  

Photos showing Barbara Pryor and the Women’s Suburban Democratic Club in 1954, at the 20th Anniversary of the Women’s Suburban Democratic Club in 1974, and the 30th Anniversary of the Women’s Suburban Democratic Club in 1984. 

Born on July 31, 1916, Pryor died on May 18, 2010, in Kensington.

For more photos from her remarkable life, click here.

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