Gavel
Object number2010.98.3
Mediumwood; metal
Credit LineChildren of the Baker-Knoll family
DescriptionWooden gavel. Gold plate around hammer head.Dimensions3 x 1.625 x 10.25 in. (7.6 x 4.1 x 26 cm)Historical NotesGavel used by Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll. As Lieutenant Governor, Knoll presided over the Pennsylvania Senate. Part of a collection relating to the life and political career of Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll. Born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, Catherine Baker Knoll worked in the family business, Knoll Hotel and Restaurant, developing her people skills and beginning her political activism. In 1970, she became a state committee woman for the Democratic Party, then rose through the ranks of the state's Department of Transportation Bureau of Motor Vehicles. She was tapped by the party in 1976, to run for State Treasurer, but did not get elected to office until 1988. She easily won a second term in 1992, by a landslide vote. In 2002, she was elected as the state's first female Lieutenant Governor.
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Catherine Baker Knoll
(1930 - 2008)
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