Marion Fuller Brown (May 14, 1917 – June 3, 2011) was an American

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and

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. She was a co-founder of the nonprofit environmental advocacy organization

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Biography

Born Marion Ruth Thompson in Kansas City, Missouri, Thompson graduated from Smith College in 1938. After marrying Henry Fuller in 1939 she moved to Maine. Her first husband died in an accident in 1962 and she was later married to Brooks Brown Jr from 1967 until Brown's death in 1987. From 1966 to 1972 Fuller Brown was a member of the Maine House of Representatives representing southern

York, Maine York is a town in York County, Maine, United States, near the southern tip of the state. The population in the 2020 census was 13,723. Situated beside the Atlantic Ocean on the Gulf of Maine, York is a well-known summer resort town. It is home ...

. During her term in the state legislature, she sponsored legislation that banned billboards throughout the state of Maine, a controversial idea at the time. Challenges brought against that law were eventually brought before the

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, who ultimately upheld the law in their ruling. She also served on the National Highways Beautification Commission from 1971 to 1973, appointed by Pres. Nixon. She died on June 3, 2011, on Ram's Head Farm in York.MARION FULLER BROWN
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'', June 8, 2011 Her daughter

Martha Fuller Clark Martha Fuller Clark (born March 14, 1942 in York, Maine) is a former Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, representing the 21st district from 2012 until 2020 and the 24th district from 2004 until 2010. Prior to her Senate service she ...

currently serves in the New Hampshire Senate after several terms in the New Hampshire House.

References

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