Audre "Pinny" Cooke (December 26, 1923 – August 1, 2004) was an American social activist and politician from
New York
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Life
She was born Audre Trupin on December 26, 1923, in
Syracuse, New York
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. There she attended
Nottingham High School
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, address = Waverley Mount
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. She graduated from
Ohio State University
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, as
B.S.
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in 1946, and
M.S.
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in 1948. In 1945, she married Henry F. Cooke (1922–2005), and they had three children. They lived in
Rochester
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.
Pinny Cooke became active in social and charitable work, and entered politics as a
Republican
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. On February 14, 1978, she was elected to the
New York State Assembly
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, to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of
Thomas R. Fey as Director of State Operations. She was re-elected several times, and remained in the Assembly until 1990, sitting in the
182nd,
183rd,
184th,
185th,
186th,
187th and
188th New York State Legislatures.
She died on August 1, 2004, at her home in
Rochester, New York
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;
''Audre "Pinny" (Trupin) Cooke''
in ''The Post-Standard
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'', of Syracuse, on August 3, 2004 and was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery there.
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1923 births
2004 deaths
Politicians from Syracuse, New York
Politicians from Rochester, New York
Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
Women state legislators in New York (state)
Ohio State University alumni
Burials at Mount Hope Cemetery (Rochester)
20th-century American politicians
20th-century American women politicians
Activists from Rochester, New York
21st-century American women