Dorothy ("Dottie") Zug Taylor, the first woman to serve on Northampton County Council, passed away on July 19. You can read her obituary here.
She was first appointed to Council in 1984, and then was elected in 1987 as the top vote getter. She was an active Democrat who led Pennsylvania's delegation to the 1976 Democratic convention that nominated Jimmy Carter for President.
She was a registered nurse as well as a self-taught software engineer who designed programs for The Bethlehem Globe Times.
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She gave me a computer in 89 or 90 it was an old MS DOS . I used it for a class I was taking and of course it was replaced. However it was generous and helped at the time. In reading her obituary it appears she had a interesting full life. RIP.
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