Category:Ella T. Grasso

**Ella Grasso**
	American politician; 83rd governor of Connecticut (1975-80)
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Name in native language	Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso;
Date of birth	10 May 1919; Windsor Locks; Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Tambussi
Date of death	5 February 1981; Hartford
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	organ dysfunction;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	Mount Holyoke College; Loomis Chaffee School;
Occupation	politician;
Member of political party	Democratic Party (1951–); Democratic Party (–1942); Republican Party (1942–1951);
Position held	Governor of Connecticut (1975–1980); member of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1953–1957); Secretary of the State of Connecticut (1959–1971); United States representative (1971–1973); United States representative (1973–1975);
Native language	Italian;
Work location	Washington, D.C.;
Award received	Presidential Medal of Freedom (1981); National Women's Hall of Fame (1993); Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame (1994);
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Ella T. Grasso (born Ella Rose Giovianna Oliva Tambussi 10 May 1919 - dead 5 February 1981) was a politician of the Democratic Party of the United States. She was the first female Governor of Connecticut and served as such from 1974 until 1980, when she resigned because of an ovarian cancer which caused her death in 1981. She had also served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut and as Representative for the said State.