Florence Pendleton, pioneering DC shadow senator and statehood champion, dies at 94

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The Washington shadow delegation, elected representatives who advocate for D.C. statehood, has lost one of its inaugural members, Florence Pendleton, who died at her Georgia home on Sept. 10 at the age of 94. “She was really a pioneer in so many ways,” said Paul Strauss, a current shadow senator who served with her for […]
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