Frances J. Holub (1902-1965)
MSA SC 3520-11539
House of Delegates, Baltimore City, 1959-65
Biography:
Born December 23, 1902, in Baltimore, Maryland. Daughter of John and Matilda Brill. Attended Baltimore public schools. Married Charles Holub; one son, Carl J. Holub. Died August 29, 1965, in Baltimore, Maryland. Buried at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.
Frances J. Holub represented the Baltimore City Second District in the House of Delegates from the January 1959 session until her death in 1965. A Democrat, Mrs. Holub, decided to run for the House in 1958 after many years of political involvement with local clubs, including the Loyal Ladies Auxiliary of the Young Men's Bohemian Democratic Club of the 7th Ward and the United Democratic Women's Club of Maryland, in which she held various offices. In 1959, she introduced a bill which would allow such political and civic organizations in Baltimore City to operate bingo games as fundraisers for their charitable work. Mrs. Holub said at the time "If I am able to get it through, I'll be a hero among the women's political groups."1 Unfortunately, broad concerns of members of the Baltimore City delegation that funds raised at such events would be used for furtherance of political agendas by these organziations caused the bill to die in committee.2 Mrs. Holub's other civic activities included her service as past president of the James C. Ludwig Unit No. 139 of the American Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. Holub continued her support of women's causes through the successful introduction and passage in 1961 of a joint resolution which called upon the U.S. Congress to adopt an Equal Rights Amendment. Mrs. Holub's success was due in part to the cooperative efforts of herself and Maryland's five other women legislators. She was diplomatic in her pursuit of equality of the sexes, stating "I believe you can't be too forceful in politics if you are a woman. It is a great mistake for a woman politican every [sic] to try to impress her male colleagues with what she thinks she knows."3
Another focus for Mrs. Holub was issues affecting children, especially education. During her tenure she served on the Education Committee and Joint Committee of Juvenile Problems, of which she served as Vice Chair. She was also a member of the Entertainment Committee, and supported bills concerning obscene literature and movie censorship.
Footnotes:
1. "'Political and Civic' Bingo Is Aim of Lady Delegate," The Baltimore Sun, 29 January 1959.
2. "Wider Bingo In City Loses," The Baltimore Sun, 20 February 1959.
3. "Mrs. Holub, 62, Dies in Hospital,"
The
Baltimore Sun, 30 August 1965.
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