{{Short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Alice Harden | image = | state_senate = Mississippi | state = Mississippi | district = 28th | term = January 5, 1988 – January 3, 2012 | preceded = Henry J. Kirksey | succeeded = Sollie Norwood | party = Democratic | birth_date = April 17, 1948 | birth_place = Pike County, Mississippi | death_date = {{death date and age|2012|12|06|1948|04|17|mf=y}} | death_place = | alma_mater = Jackson State University| }}
'''Alice Varnado Harden''' (April 17, 1948 – December 6, 2012) was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the 28th District from 1988 until her death. She lived in Jackson and represented Hinds County.<ref name=":0" />
==Biography== Senator Harden was born April 17, 1948, in Pike County.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Alice Harden |url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/harden.xml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207063100/http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/harden.xml |archive-date=February 7, 2009 |website=Mississippi State Senate}}</ref> She graduated from Jackson State University with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science.<ref name=":0" /> She worked as a classroom teacher and was a member of the Mississippi Association of Educators.<ref name=":0" />
She was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha, National Council of Negro Women, The League of Women Voters, and the NAACP.<ref name=":0" /> She represented Mississippi on the Education Commission of the States.<ref name=":0" />
Harden was Baptist and married.<ref name=":0" /> She died on December 6, 2012.<ref>[http://www2.wjtv.com/news/2012/dec/06/state-senator-alice-harden-dies-ar-5116370/ Obituary] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121211084827/http://www2.wjtv.com/news/2012/dec/06/state-senator-alice-harden-dies-ar-5116370/|date=2012-12-11}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090207063100/http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/members/senate/harden.xml Mississippi State Senate - Alice Harden]
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