Nancy Elaine Achin Sullivan (January 20, 1959 – February 25, 2022) was an American
Republican
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
politician from
Lowell, Massachusetts
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. She represented the
1st Middlesex district in the
Massachusetts Senate
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from 1991 to 1993 and was a
Democrat
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.
She retired after a single term because she was undergoing chemotherapy to treat breast cancer.
Sullivan was born in
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, in the United States. Alongside Cambridge, It is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of ...
, on January 20, 1959. A four-time cancer survivor, she served as executive director of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine from 1999 until 2008. Sullivan went to the
Academy of Notre Dame in Lowell, Massachusetts and to
Radcliffe College. She died in
Andover, Massachusetts
Andover is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. It was settled in 1642 and incorporated in 1646."Andover" in ''The New Encyclopædia Britannica''. Chicago: Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 15th ed., 1992, Vol. 1, p. 387. As of th ...
, on February 25, 2022, at the age of 63.
See also
*
1991-1992 Massachusetts legislature
References
1959 births
2022 deaths
20th-century American women politicians
20th-century American politicians
Democratic Party Massachusetts state senators
Politicians from Lowell, Massachusetts
Radcliffe College alumni
Women state legislators in Massachusetts
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