Sara Payne Hayden (August 29, 1919 – March 15, 2019) was one of the women who joined the

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during

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. She was the Veterans Affairs chairwoman of the group as of 2006. Hayden died in Plano,

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in March 2019 at the age of 99.Obituary for Sara Payne Hayden
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