Leona Egeland Rice is a science teacher who served as a state legislator and public official in California. A Democrat,[1] she was elected to the California Assembly in 1974, 1976, and 1978.[1] She was born in Tucson, Arizona. She received a masters in education from San Jose State University.[2]
When she was first elected she was one of two women in the California Assembly. She pushed to change how members were referred to from Assemblyman to Assembly Member.[2]
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