Isabella Greenway

Isabella Dinsmore Greenway (née Selmes; born March 22, 1886 – December 18, 1953) was an American politician who was the first congresswoman in Arizona history, and the founder of the Arizona Inn of Tucson. During her life she was also noted as a one-time owner and operator of Los Angeles-based Gilpin Airlines, a speaker at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, and a bridesmaid at the wedding of Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Isabella Greenway
Greenway in the 1930s
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Arizona's at-large district
In office
October 3, 1933 – January 3, 1937
Preceded byLewis Williams Douglas
Succeeded byJohn R. Murdock
Personal details
Born
Isabella Dinsmore Selmes

(1886-03-22)March 22, 1886
Boone County, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedDecember 18, 1953(1953-12-18) (aged 67)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Resting placeDinsmore homestead in Kentucky
Political partyDemocratic
Spouses
  • Robert Munro-Ferguson
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    (m. 1905; died 1922)​
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    (died 1926)​
  • Harry O. King
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    (m. 1939)​
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