Reva Beck Bosone

{{Short description|American attorney and politician (1895–1983)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{more footnotes needed|date=March 2013}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Reva Beck Bosone | image = Reva Bosone.jpg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1895|04|02}} | birth_place = [[American Fork, Utah|American Fork]], [[Utah Territory]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|07|21|1895|04|02}} | death_place = [[Vienna, Virginia|Vienna]], [[Virginia]] | state1 = [[Utah]] | district1 = [[Utah's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] | term_start1 = January 3, 1949 | term_end1 = January 3, 1953 | preceded1 = [[William A. Dawson]] | succeeded1 = [[William A. Dawson]] | office2 = Member of the [[Utah House of Representatives]] | term2 = 1933-1935 | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | alma_mater = [[Westminster University (Utah)|Westminster Junior College]]<br>[[University of California at Berkeley]]<br>[[University of Utah College of Law]] | spouse = Harold G. Cutler (m. 1920–1921)<ref>Clopton, B. (1980) ''Her Honor, the Judge: the Story of Reva Beck Bosone''. Ames, IA: The Iowa State University Press. p.43</ref> <br>Joseph Bosone (m. 1929–1940)<ref>Clopton, B. (1980) ''Her Honor, the Judge: the Story of Reva Beck Bosone''. Ames, IA: The Iowa State University Press. p. 101</ref> | children = 1 | profession = Lawyer }}

'''Reva Zilpha Beck Bosone''' (April 2, 1895 – July 21, 1983) was an American attorney and politician. She was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Utah]] for two terms from 1949 to 1953.

She was the first woman elected to Congress from Utah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historytogo.utah.gov/people/utahns_of_achievement/revabeckbosone.html|title=Reva Beck Bosone|website=historytogo.utah.gov}}</ref>

== Early life and education == Born in [[American Fork, Utah|American Fork]] in the [[Utah Territory]], the daughter of a [[Denmark|Danish]] immigrant father,<ref> {{citation |url= https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRR-FT5 |title= United States Census, 1900 |website= [[FamilySearch]] |access-date=March 6, 2018 }}</ref> Bosone attended public schools and graduated from high school in 1915.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_Photo_Archives/id/48704|title=Portraits of Reva Beck Bosone from her early years; High School Graduation, 1915. - Multimedia Archives Photographs|website=content.lib.utah.edu}}</ref> She graduated from Westminster Junior College in 1917 and from the [[University of California at Berkeley]] in 1919.<ref>Clopton, B. (1980) ''Her Honor, the Judge: the Story of Reva Beck Bosone''. Ames, IA: The Iowa State University Press.</ref> She taught high school 1920–1927. She graduated from the [[University of Utah]] College of Law at Salt Lake City in 1930 and was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] the same year. Bosone was the 14th woman admitted to the Utah State Bar.<ref>[http://utahwomenlawyers.org/wp-content/uploads/Women-Trailblazers-in-the-Law-Booklet.pdf ]{{dead link|date=October 2018}}</ref>

== Career == She then practiced law in [[Helper, Utah]], from 1931 to 1933 and Salt Lake City from 1933 to 1936. She served as member of the State house of representatives 1933–1935, serving as floor leader in 1935.

Bosone was elected Salt Lake City judge in 1936 and served until elected to Congress. During the Second World War, she was chairman of Women's Army Corps Civilian Advisory Committee of the Ninth Service Command. In the 1940s, Bosone hosted her own weekly radio show on KDLY called ''Her Honor, the Judge'', in which she presented legal case studies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sltrib.com/news/2292206-155/living-history-reva-beck-bosone-blazed|title=Living history: Reva Beck Bosone blazed a trail for Utah women|publisher=}}</ref> She served as official observer at the United Nations Conference at San Francisco in 1945 and as the first director of Utah State Board for Education on Alcoholism in 1947 and 1948.

=== Congress === Bosone was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] to the [[81st United States Congress|Eighty-first]] and [[82nd United States Congress|Eighty-second]] Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953).<ref>Bosone, Reva Zilpha Beck (1895-1983). (2013). In S. O'Dea, From suffrage to the Senate: America's political women. Amenia, NY: Grey House Publishing. Retrieved from http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/ghssapw/bosone_reva_zilpha_beck_1895_1983/0</ref> While in office, Bosone advocated for social welfare programs including extending Social Security for military personnel, and voted against the Subversive Activities Control and Communist Registration Act.<ref name="house.gov">{{cite web|url=http://history.house.gov/People/Detail/9625|title=BOSONE, Reva Zilpha Beck - US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives|website=history.house.gov}}</ref> In 1949–1951 Bosone served on the Public Lands Committee, and in 1951–1953 she also served on the House Administration Committee.<ref name="house.gov"/> She was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1952 to the [[83rd United States Congress|Eighty-third Congress]] and for election in 1954 to the [[84th United States Congress|Eighty-fourth Congress]].

=== Later career === She served as delegate to Democratic National Conventions in 1952 and 1956. She resumed the practice of law in Salt Lake City from 1953 to 1957 and was legal counsel to Safety and Compensation Subcommittee of House Committee on Education and Labor 1957–1960. She was also a judicial officer of the Post Office Department in 1961–1968. Bosone was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Utah in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_Photo_Archives/id/48842|title=Reva Beck Bosone at a reception given in honor of her honorary doctorate from the University of Utah, June 1977. - Multimedia Archives Photographs|website=content.lib.utah.edu}}</ref>

== Death == She was a resident of [[Vienna, Virginia]], until her death there July 21, 1983.

==See also== * [[List of first women lawyers and judges in Utah]] * [[Women in the United States House of Representatives]]

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===Sources=== {{CongBio|B000649}} {{Bioguide}}

==External links== * [http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv37860 Women in Utah Politics oral history project, 1976-1994] * [http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/UU_Photo_Archives/id/48754 Congresswoman Reva Beck Bosone (D-Utah).] * [http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv79031 Reva Beck Bosone papers, 1927-1977] * [http://archives.lib.byu.edu/repositories/14/resources/379 Reva Beck Bosone papers, 1896-1980] * [http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv02380 Reva Beck Bosone photograph collection, 1930-1977] * [https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/reva-beck-bosone/ Reva Beck Bosone, Utah's First Woman Judge & Congresswoman]

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