Mary Stuart Lux dies

Mary Stuart Lux, who represented Thurston County in the Washington State Legislature for two terms in 1964 to 1968 died Sunday March 18.

She served as an Army nurse during World War 2. The mother of five her political career started in 1959 when she was elected to the Olympia School Board. She ran for the legislature in 1962 and lost. She ran again in 1964 on an educational platform and was elected.

She was an early supporter of the creation of The Evergreen State College.

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