Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
Holyoke Family Genealogy - Person Sheet
NameMary Elizabeth PRUETT 
, F
, FBirth30 May 1898, Tokyo, Honshu, Japan
Death21 Jul 1984, Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
Spouses
Birth15 Oct 1897, Washington, District of Columbia
Death19 Jun 1954, Honolulu, Honolulu, HI
FatherWallace Rider FARRINGTON , M (1871-1933)
MotherCatherine Mcalpine CRANE , F (1870-1953)
Family ID3485
Notes for Mary Elizabeth PRUETT
• Attended Tokyo Foreign School and grammar schools of Nashville, Tenn., El Paso, Tex., Los Angeles, Calif., and Hollywood (Calif.) High School; graduated from Ward-Belmont Junior College, Nashville, Tenn., in 1916 and from the University of Wisconsin in Madison in 1918; graduate work at the University of Hawaii
• A newspaper correspondent 1918-1957
• President of League of Republican Women in Washington, D.C., 1946-1948; president of National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs 1949-1953; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1952
• Elected as a Republican Delegate to the Eighty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Joseph Rider Farrington; reelected to the Eighty-fourth Congress and served from July 31, 1954, to January 3, 1957; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress
• A publisher, president and director of the Honolulu Star Bulletin (founded by her father-in-law) from 1946-1963
• Director and chairman of the Honolulu Lithograph Company, Ltd., 1945-1963
• Presidentof the Hawaiian Broadcasting System, Ltd., 1960-1963
• Director of the Office of Territories, Department of the Interior, District of Columbia, 1969
• A newspaper correspondent 1918-1957
• President of League of Republican Women in Washington, D.C., 1946-1948; president of National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs 1949-1953; delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1952
• Elected as a Republican Delegate to the Eighty-third Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of her husband, Joseph Rider Farrington; reelected to the Eighty-fourth Congress and served from July 31, 1954, to January 3, 1957; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress
• A publisher, president and director of the Honolulu Star Bulletin (founded by her father-in-law) from 1946-1963
• Director and chairman of the Honolulu Lithograph Company, Ltd., 1945-1963
• Presidentof the Hawaiian Broadcasting System, Ltd., 1960-1963
• Director of the Office of Territories, Department of the Interior, District of Columbia, 1969
Notes for Joseph Rider (Spouse 1)
• He was a member of the Senate of the Territory of Hawaiʻi and the territory's delegate to the U.S Congress.