Mary Gardiner Jones

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Mary Gardiner Jones (December 10, 1920 – December 23, 2009)[1] was the first woman to serve as a member of the Federal Trade Commission of the United States, to which she was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.[2]

Biography[]

Born in Manhattan to a distinguished Long Island family, she received a B.A. in history from Wellesley College in 1943 and worked for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. She received a law degree from Yale Law School in 1948.[1]

Jones became a lawyer for the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice in 1953. On September 28, 1964, Jones was named by President Lyndon B. Johnson to serve on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)[3] where she remained until 1973.[1] A liberal Republican during her time on the FTC,[4] Jones became a member of the Democratic Party later in life.[1] She was replaced on the FTC 1973 by Elizabeth Hanford (later Elizabeth Dole).[5]

In 1971, she was named as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.[1] Later in life, Jones was a vocal consumer advocate.[1] Jones died from congestive heart failure at her home in Washington, D.C. on December 23, 2009 at the age of 89.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Fox, Margalit (January 7, 2010). "Mary Gardiner Jones, Consumer Advocate, Dies at 89". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Fair, Lesley (March 8, 2016). "Celebrating Women's History Month at the FTC". FTC Division of Consumer & Business Education.
  3. ^ "Choice for FTC", The New York Daily News (September 29, 1964), p. 8.
  4. ^ "Oral History Interview: Mary Gardiner Jones". Federal Trade Commission. 2013-06-07. Retrieved 2021-09-12. I had belonged to my Republican club in the neighborhood because when I got back to New York after law school, it was a social thing and a way of getting back into the community in New York. So I had joined it. Those were my Republican credentials.
  5. ^ "People and Business". The New York Times. 1973-11-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-12.


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