Kathryn H. Stone
| Kathryn Haesler Stone | |
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| Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Arlington | |
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In office 1954 – January 11, 1966 |
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| Succeeded by | Mary A. R. Marshall |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 5, 1906 Lisbon, Iowa, U.S. |
| Died | May 18, 1995 Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Harold H. Stone |
| Children | Paul, Suanne, Joann |
| Alma mater |
Cornell College University of Iowa |
Kathryn Haesler Stone (October 5, 1906 – May 18, 1995) was an American teacher, housewife, author, civic activist and Democratic politician who represented Arlington, Virginia part-time in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1954 to 1966.
Born in Lisbon, Iowa, Kathryn Haesler attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, and then the University of Iowa, which awarded her bachelor's and master's degrees in American history. She taught history and government at Menominie High School in Michigan, and later the University of Iowa's Lab School (1931-1933), and Merlaine Park Country Day School in New Orleans, Louisiana.
While in Louisiana in 1936, Haesler married then Department of Agriculture management engineer Harold A. Stone, and they later had a son (Paul) and two daughters (Suanne and Joanne). The couple moved to northern Virginia in 1940, and lived in Arlington until the 1980s, when they moved to nearby Alexandria. She was active in the Beverley Hills Community Church in Alexandria, as well as various Parent Teacher Organizations, the American Association of University Women, Pi Lambda Theta and Delta Kappa Gamma.
She and her husband traveled extensively studying local governments in their spare time, as he worked in administrative positions in the Department of Agriculture and later the Department of the Army. The Stones were among the original 34 founders of Burgundy Farm Country Day School in Alexandria, Virginia, the first racially integrated school in Virginia. In 1940, Stone helped found the League of Women Voters chapter in Arlington. She wrote an organizational history of the League in 1949, and later served on its Virginia State Board and as vice-president of the National Board (1946-1950). As a member of the Northern Virginia Planning Commission (which evolved into the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Stone helped design Reston, Virginia, and later wrote a history of that planned community. She also was active with the Commission on Human Resources of the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies (serving as vice chairman), and the Tenth District Women's Democratic Club.
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