Virginia Harrington Knauer (b. March 28 1915) is a former U.S. politician. She was the first woman elected to the Philadelphia City Council, and chief consumer advisor to Pennsylvania Governor Raymond P. Shafer, then to Presidents Richard Nixon (she was the first to hold the post of U.S. Consumer Advocate) and Gerald Ford (1969-1977) and later to Ronald Reagan (1981-1983). She is also the mentor, and a good friend of North Carolina Senior Senator Elizabeth Dole. Wikipedia
Overview Virginia Knauer grew up in Philadelphia, where her father was a professor of accounting at Temple University, and she graduated from both the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania. afgw.libraries.psu.edu/profiles/knauer.html
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