Fern Hubbard Orme (April 17, 1903 – March 17, 1993) was an American politician and educator. Orme was born in

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and went to the public schools in

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. Orme received her bachelor's and master's degrees in English and drama, from

University of Nebraska–Lincoln The University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Nebraska, NU, or UNL) is a public land-grant research university in Lincoln, Nebraska. Chartered in 1869 by the Nebraska Legislature as part of the Morrill Act of 1862, the school was known as the Universit ...

. She taught at

and at Irving Junior High School in

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. She received the Nebraska Builders Award from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Orme served on the Lincoln City Council from 1946 to 1956 and was involved with the Republican Party. Orme served in the

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from 1958 until 1972. As a legislator, Orme pushed for Nebraska's Endorsement of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. She also co-sponsored LB 446, a bill to prevent corporal punishment in schools, with Senator Ernie Chambers of Omaha in 1971. After she lost re-election in 1972, Orme retired and moved to Fort Myers, Florida where she died.'Nebraska Blue Book 1962-1963,' Biographical Sketch of Fern Hubbard Orme, pg. 229-230

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