{{short description|Washington State politician}} {{Orphan|date=November 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Nettie Luella Smith |image = |state = Washington |state_house = Washington |district = 32nd |term_start = 1943 (appointed) |term_end = January 13, 1947 |alongside = Richard H. Murphy |predecessor = Jurie B. Smith |successor = Wesley R. Eldridge<br>Agnes M. Gehrman |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1886|4|22}} |birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1962|4|25|1886|4|22}}<ref name=DeathCert/> |death_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S. |party = Democratic |spouse = Jurie B. Smith |education = <!--COLLEGEorUNIVERSITYWIKILINK (XXDEGREEWIKILINK, e.g. B.A., M.A.)--> |occupation = Senior Clerk }}
'''Nettie Luella Smith''' (née Purinton; April 22, 1886 – April 25, 1962) was an American politician who served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1943 to 1947. She represented Washington's 32nd legislative district as a Democrat.<ref name=LegMembers/>
Born in Iowa, she moved to Seattle in 1926 and had five sons and a daughter. She was initially appointed to serve out the unexpired term of her husband Jurie B. Smith after his death just after the November 1942 general election; she then won reelection in 1944. Jurie had served in the legislature since 1932 and had been the leader of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. She was affiliated with the Order of the Eastern Star.<ref name=LegBio/>
Her grandson was "The Frugal Gourmet" Jeff Smith.
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<ref name=LegMembers>{{cite web |url=https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2019.pdf |title=State of Washington: Members of the Legislature 1889-2019 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=February 2019 |website=Washington Legislative Information Center |publisher=Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate; Bernard C. Dean, Chief Clerk House of Representatives |access-date=August 11, 2022 |quote= |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225055906/https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2019.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
<ref name=LegBio>{{cite web |url = http://web.leg.wa.gov/WomenInTheLegislature/Members/MemberBios/SmithNL_1943.pdf |title = Nettie L. Smith |author = <!--Not stated--> |date = |website = Women in the Legislature |publisher = Washington State Legislature |access-date = August 11, 2022 |quote = }}</ref>
<ref name=DeathCert>{{Cite archive |collection=Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1997 |institution=Washington State Digital Archives |item=Department of Health, Death Certificates, July 1, 1907-1997 - Nettie - L - Smith |item-url=https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/DigitalObject/Download/7b3dd984-0a9b-4fed-888d-faadf52abcb8 |item-id=de_1962008213 |series=Death Records }}</ref>
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==Further reading== * Gilbert, J. W., "Democrats to Pay Tribute to Jurie B. Smith,” ''Seattle Daily Times'', November 11, 1942 * “Smith, Nettie L.,” ''Seattle Daily Times'', April 27, 1962
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