Martha E. Keys

A Representative from Kansas. Born Martha Elizabeth Ludwig in Hutchinson, Reno County, Kans. , August 10, 1930. Graduated from Paseo High School, Kansas City, Mo. , 1945. Attended Olivet College, Kankakee, Ill. , 1946-1947. B. A. , University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo. , 1951. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the Ninety-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1979). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978. Special adviser to the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, February 1979-May 1980. Assistant Secretary of Education, June 1980-January 1981. Consultant. Director, Center for a New Democracy, 1985-1986. Died on December 19, 2024, in Locust Grove, Va.