Marion Kyle Sherman
Marion Kyle Sherman (Democrat)
represented [the 47th] district of King County in the
House of Representatives for three terms,
beginning in 1974.
Born 1925, and a native of Washington, Sherman was raised in Enumclaw and now lives in Maple Valley. She attended Reed College and graduated from the University of Washington, where she majored in English. During World War II she worked as a riveter for Boeing. Interested in politics from the age of eight, when her father was elected to the State Senate, she joined the League of Women voters and found herself drawn to state government and public affairs.
In 1972 she campaigned for a House seat. Though she lost, that experience and the subsequent experiences of lobbying in Olympia for consumer groups, and serving as State Committeewoman from King County were key elements in her successful 1974 campaign. She and her husband, Len, have two children.
--Political Pioneers, The Women Lawmakers
Born 1925, and a native of Washington, Sherman was raised in Enumclaw and now lives in Maple Valley. She attended Reed College and graduated from the University of Washington, where she majored in English. During World War II she worked as a riveter for Boeing. Interested in politics from the age of eight, when her father was elected to the State Senate, she joined the League of Women voters and found herself drawn to state government and public affairs.
In 1972 she campaigned for a House seat. Though she lost, that experience and the subsequent experiences of lobbying in Olympia for consumer groups, and serving as State Committeewoman from King County were key elements in her successful 1974 campaign. She and her husband, Len, have two children.
--Political Pioneers, The Women Lawmakers