Estella Diggs was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1973 to 1980, sitting in the 180th, 181st, 182nd and 183rd New York State Legislatures. She represented the Morrisania section of the Bronx. She helped write more than 70 bills and was responsible for the first Women's, Infants, and Children's program in the state and the first sobering-up station in the Bronx.[2] On November 7, 2011, Estella Diggs Park was dedicated in the Morrisania neighborhood.[3]
She died in 2013, three days before her 97th birthday, in a hospital in the Bronx.[2]
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^Who's Who Among African Americans (2009), Biographical Sketch of Estella Diggs
estella, diggs, april, 1916, april, 2013, american, businesswoman, writer, politician, from, york, life, editshe, born, april, 1916, louis, missouri, attended, pace, college, city, college, york, york, university, real, estate, catering, businesses, career, co. Estella B Diggs April 21 1916 April 18 2013 was an American businesswoman writer and politician from New York Life EditShe was born on April 21 1916 in St Louis Missouri She attended Pace College City College of New York and New York University She was in the real estate and catering businesses and was a career counselor She was also a writer 1 Estella Diggs was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1973 to 1980 sitting in the 180th 181st 182nd and 183rd New York State Legislatures She represented the Morrisania section of the Bronx She helped write more than 70 bills and was responsible for the first Women s Infants and Children s program in the state and the first sobering up station in the Bronx 2 On November 7 2011 Estella Diggs Park was dedicated in the Morrisania neighborhood 3 She died in 2013 three days before her 97th birthday in a hospital in the Bronx 2 References Edit Who s Who Among African Americans 2009 Biographical Sketch of Estella Diggs a b Diggs obit with brief profile Archived 2013 04 23 at the Wayback Machine Beekman Daniel New pocket park in Morrisania named for first Bronx African American Assemblywoman Estella Diggs New York Daily News 11 7 2011 New York State AssemblyPreceded byLouis Nine New York State Assembly 78th District1973 1980 Succeeded byGloria Davis nbsp This article about a member of the New York State Assembly is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Estella B Diggs amp oldid 1127165693, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
