Ann Hull

{{short description|American politician}} {{for|the American journalist and writer|Anne Hull}} '''Ann Remington Hull''' (February 24, 1925 – October 30, 2003) served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates for twelve years. She also involved herself in other areas of politics including the Vice President of Maryland's chapter of the League of Women Voters and the executive assistant to Governor Harry Hughes. During her career, Hull was involved on issues of education, civil rights, health and mental health, childcare, and other political and social issues.

== Early life and education == Hull was born in Seattle, Washington.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Collection: Ann R. Hull papers {{!}} Archival Collections|url=https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1002|access-date=2020-10-13|website=archives.lib.umd.edu}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=4 November 2003|title=Ann R. Hull (1925-2003)|url=https://mdsa.net/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/011400/011498/html/11498bio.html|website=Archives of Maryland}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Ann Hull - View Obituary & Service Information|url=https://www.fhnfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Ann-Hull-23756/|access-date=2020-10-13|website=Ann Hull Obituary|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Kelly|first=Jacques|date=4 November 2003|title=Ann Remington Hull, 78, House of Delegates leader, university regent|edition=Final|page=5B|work=Baltimore Sun|publisher=Tribune Publishing Company, LLC|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/406592590|issn=1930-8965|id={{ProQuest|406592590}}}}</ref> She attended public schools in Seattle.<ref name=":1" />

Hull attended the University of Washington and graduated with a Bachelors of Arts in geography in 1945.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> She was also elected into the Phi Beta Kappa society because of her undergraduate academics.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> She then attended Syracuse University for her master's degree in geography, graduating in 1948.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

== Career == Hull moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 1948.<ref name=":2" /> She worked as a geographer for the federal government until 1954.<ref name=":1" />

Raising her children in Takoma Park, Maryland, Hull involved herself in the local chapter of the League of Women Voters.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> In 1962, Hull was elected as the president of the Prince George's County league.<ref name=":3" /> She served in this position until 1965.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> From 1965 to 1966, she served as the vice president for the Maryland state league.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

In 1966, she was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates, representing the second district of Prince George's County.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> She started her term in 1967 and served three terms, ending in 1979.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=House of Delegates, Prince George's County (1790-1966)|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/pghouse.html|access-date=2020-10-13|website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref> She was a member of the Democratic Party.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maryland Manual, 1977-1978 |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc1100/sc1198/000000/000002/000000/000063/pdf/mdsa_sc1198_2_63.pdf |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=October 15, 2024}}</ref> In the 1975-1976 legislative session, Hull served as Speaker pro Tempore.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=House of Delegates, Legislative District 22|url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/legis22hse.html|access-date=2020-10-13|website=msa.maryland.gov}}</ref>

During her terms as a state delegate, Hull advocated for children in the foster care system, groups homes and residential facilities, for child care, juvenile courts, education, among others.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Royse|first=Pat|date=1977-01-27|title=Increasing the political clout of child care groups|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1977/01/27/increasing-the-political-clout-of-child-care-groups/fd3fc92f-4e1d-4a19-8c7e-4d7b745e8873/|access-date=2020-10-13|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> Hull was also on several committees and commissions, including member of the Board of Directors of Maryland Community Coordinated Child Care (1971), vice-chair of Prince George's Delegation (1971-1974), member of Governor's Task Force on Financing Education (1972) and others.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />

Hull did not run an election campaign for a fourth term.<ref name=":3" /> She had been hopeful that she could be appointed to fill a seat in the state Senate but was not chosen for the position.<ref name=":3" />

Hull worked as the executive assistant to Governor Harry Hughes from 1979 to 1985.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> During her time there, Hull's work was focused on issues of health and mental health.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> From 1985 until 1988, she was the chair of the Governor's Commission to Revise the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Laws.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> She also worked as a member of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences.<ref name=":3" />

From August 1983 until June 1988, Hull was vice chair of the Board of Trustees of State Universities and Colleges.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> She then served as a member and vice chair of the Board of Regents of the University of Maryland System from 1989 to 1997.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

== Awards and recognitions == Hull received the Distinguished Citizen Award from Maryland Action for Foster Children in 1974.<ref name=":3" /> In 1975, Hull became the first woman legislator from Maryland to donate her papers to the University of Maryland’s Special Collections and University Archives.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Novara|first=Elizabeth A.|date=2013|title=Documenting Maryland Women State Legislators: The Politics of Collecting Women's Political Papers|journal=The American Archivist|volume=76|issue=1|pages=196–214|doi=10.17723/aarc.76.1.u57m635512311v48|jstor=43489655|issn=0360-9081|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Hull was a member of the American Association of Geographers.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

== Personal life == Hull met Gordon C. Hull during her graduate program, and they married in 1948.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> Together they had two children.<ref name=":1" />

Hull died in Chestertown, Maryland due to complications due to her Parkinson's disease.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

== Written works ==

* Maryland., Hull, A. R., & Maryland. (1977). Report of the Task Force on Collective Bargaining for Public Employees, General Assembly of the State of Maryland, Annapolis, Maryland, October, 1977. Annapolis, Md: The Task Force. OCLC 11439223 * Maryland., & Hull, A. R. (1985). Report of the Governor's Commission to Revise the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Law. Annapolis, Md.: The commission. OCLC 13119434

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