# Milly Bernard

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{{Short description|American politician (1920–2005)}}
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| name             = Mildred Adelaide "Milly" Cox Bernard
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| state_house      = Utah<!--more often use state_house -->
| district         = 24th
| term_start       = 1966
| term_end         = 1976
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| birth_date       = {{Birth date text|28 May 1920}}
| birth_place      = [Brewster, Nebraska](/source/Brewster%2C_Nebraska), U.S.
| death_date       = {{death date and age|7 November 2005|28 May 1920 }}
| death_place      = [Kearns, Utah](/source/Kearns%2C_Utah), U.S.
| spouse           = Lynn (Bud) Bernard
| party            = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
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| alma_mater       = [University of Colorado](/source/University_of_Colorado_Denver)
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'''Mildred Adelaide Cox Oberhansley Bernard''' (May 28, 1920 – November 7, 2005) was a member of the [Utah House of Representatives](/source/Utah_House_of_Representatives) from [Kearns, Utah](/source/Kearns%2C_Utah), serving five terms from 1966 to 1976.

==Early life and career==

Bernard was born May 28, 1920, in [Brewster, Nebraska](/source/Brewster%2C_Nebraska), to Robert E. and Eleanor Jarvis Cox. She graduated with honors from [Broken Bow High School](/source/Broken_Bow_High_School_(Broken_Bow%2C_Nebraska)) in [Broken Bow, Nebraska](/source/Broken_Bow%2C_Nebraska), after which she attended business college in Denver.<ref name=obit>[https://archive.today/20130121092140/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1363571/Obituary-Mildred-Adelaide-Cox-Bernard.html "Obituary: Mildred Adelaide Cox Bernard".]  [http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ ''Deseret News''.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719175637/http://www.deseretnews.com/home/ |date=2011-07-19 }} 2005-11-09.  Retrieved 2011-07-19.</ref>

Two marriages, to Robert E. Workman and to Rex E. Oberhansley, ended in divorce. In 1972, she married Justice Court Judge Lynn (Bud) Bernard; the marriage lasted until his death in 1987.<ref name=obit/><ref name=trib-obit/>

==Political career==

After moving to Kearns, where she was one of the earliest residents, she helped to organize the Kearns Town Council, on which she served for many years. She was a charter member of the Kearns Water & Sewer District Board, and the first woman to sit on the Salt Lake Planning and Zoning Commission, a seat that she held for 13 years.<ref name=obit/>

In 1967, she was elected to the Utah House of Representatives as Milly Oberhansley. She served five terms, until 1976, changing her name to Milly O. Bernard in 1972.<ref>[http://le.utah.gov/asp/roster/complist.asp?letter=O "Historic listing of Utah state legislators".]  [http://le.utah.gov/ Utah State Legislature.]  Retrieved 2011-07-19.</ref>  A [Democrat](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)), she served as [Majority Whip](/source/Majority_Whip), and as [Minority](/source/Minority_Whip) and [Majority Leader](/source/Majority_Leader). She also sat on a number of boards and committees, including the Juvenile Court Governing Board, the Judicial Council, the Granite Mental Health Board, the Community Action Board, and the Social Services Committee.<ref name=obit/>

Bernard described herself as a "minority, minority, minority", as a woman, a non-[Mormon](/source/Mormons), and as a non-native of Utah. Colleagues described her as a supporter of higher education and of women's rights.<ref name=trib-obit>Canham, Matt.  [http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3204106&itype=NGPSID&keyword=milly&sdate=2005-11-07&edate=2005-11-19&qtype=any "Oberhansley was a trailblazer in Capitol politics".]  [http://www.sltrib.com/ ''Salt Lake Tribune''.]  2005-11-11.  Retrieved 2011-07-19.</ref>

In 1976, Bernard was appointed by Governor [Cal Rampton](/source/Cal_Rampton) and reappointed by Governor [Scott M. Matheson](/source/Scott_M._Matheson_(Utah_governor)) to the [Utah Public Service Commission](/source/Utah_Public_Service_Commission), on which she served as chairman until her retirement in 1982.<ref name=obit/>

Bernard worked for fifteen years for [EIMCO](/source/EIMCO), a Salt Lake supplier of mining machinery; her tenure at EIMCO encompassed her ten years in the House.<ref name=obit/><ref>Reid, Bill.  [http://www.coalleader.com/2003/jan03_cover_story.htm "EIMCO to close plant".]  [http://coalleader.com/ ''Coal Leader''.]  January 2003.  Retrieved 2011-07-19.</ref>

Bernard died in Keans at the age of 85.<ref name=trib-obit/>

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Category:University of Colorado Denver alumni
Category:Women city councillors in Utah
Category:20th-century American women politicians
Category:21st-century American women
Category:20th-century members of the Utah Legislature

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