Biography
A Representative from Nevada. Born Barbara Farrell in Camp Dix, New Jersey, June 22, 1921. Attended Miss Quinn's School, Albany, N. Y. Graduated from Albany Academy for Girls, Albany, N. Y. , 1938. Attended, Manhattan College of Sacred Heart, New York, N. Y. , 1938-1939. Businesswoman. Staff, United States Senator Paul Laxalt of Nevada, 1974-1982. Delegate, Republican National Convention, 1976 and 1980. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-eighth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1983-January 3, 1997). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996. Member of the White House Commission to Select White House Fellows, 2002. Died on June 10, 2013, in Reno, Nev. Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.