Jean Amatucci Fox (born November 23, 1938) is an American politician from New York.

Life

Jean Amatucci was born on November 23, 1938, the daughter of Daniel and Carmela Amatucci. Her father was a Democratic politician, and was the Supervisor of the Town of Bethel who approved the

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, and signed the permits allowing the same. She graduated from

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-teacher education program in 1960, and became a registered nurse. She lived in

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. She was Executive Director of the New York State School Nurse-Teachers Association, and was active in several other nurses' professional organizations before her election to the State Assembly. She also owned Candy Cone, a

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ice cream business, in Bethel during the late 1960s and early 1970s. She entered politics as a

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, and was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1974, serving as a member of the New York State Assembly from 1975 through 1978, sitting in the 181st and

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s. In November 1975, she married Mark Dennis Fox, later a

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in the

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. On March 14, 1978, their son Michael Louis Fox was born, making her the first woman state legislator in New York history to give birth while in office. In May 1978, she announced her retirement from the Assembly, to take effect at the end of that term, and said that she would take care of her infant son instead. She was honored as Alumnus of the Year of SUNY Plattsburgh in 1976. She was a member of the College Council of

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from 1976 to 1985. She was appointed by Governor

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as Chairwoman of the New York State Temporary Commission on Lobbying.''New York Lobbyists Spent $17 Million in '87''
in the ''

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'' on March 13, 1988

References

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