Kathleen M. Teahan (born June 11, 1947) is an American politician. She represented the 7th Plymouth District in the

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from 1997 to 2007. She resides in Whitman.

Biography

Kathleen M. Teahan was married and had four children. She taught school at the Gordon W. Mitchell Middle School in East Bridgewater and then at Whitman-Hanson Regional High School.

Achievements

During her tenure in office, Teahan was named ''Legislator of the Month'' by the

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. Teahan was a member of the Joint Committee on Health Care, and the Joint Committee on State Administration, since her first term. She served on the Committee to Study Adoption, the Committee to Study End-of-Life Issues, the Special Commission on Oral Health, and the Special Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. She has been a member of the Girl Scout Council of Southeastern Massachusetts Board of Directors and the Whitman-Hanson Citizen Scholarship Foundation. She has served as the Massachusetts Team Leader for the

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' partnership with the

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to bring national awareness of the

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of the

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Honors

Teahan was honored for her legislative efforts by the Congressional Coalition for Adoption Institute (2003 Congressional Angels in Adoption award), Health Care For All (2002 For the People, Against the Tide Award), and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (2003 Professional Recognition Award).

References

External links

''On The Issues'', section for Kathleen Teahan
1947 births Politicians from Brockton, Massachusetts Bridgewater State University alumni Living people Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Women state legislators in Massachusetts 21st-century American women {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub