Year Honored: 1998
Birth: 1936 -
Biography
Nancy W. Cook was the longest serving woman in the Delaware General Assembly. She was the first woman to chair the Delaware Joint Finance Committee and served in that role for 22 years. During her time on the committee, Senator Cook worked hard to maintain bipartisanship, and brought her knowledge of state finances, budget, and capital bonding to their decisions.
Senator Cook is known as a woman who “treats the job of legislating, and more specifically, improving the state’s finances, as a personal commitment to the people of Delaware.” She is a leading advocate for state employees and retirees, and during her time in the Assembly also brought her commitment and energy to the committees on Agriculture; Energy and Transit; Highways and Transportation; Revenue and Taxation; Adult and Juvenile Corrections; and chaired the Administrative Services Committee.
“Senator Cook is active in her community as well as in the legislature. She has been in the forefront of those consistently looking for ways to improve the quality of life for all Delawareans.”
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Sources and Additional Readings
Robert J. Voshell collection of Delaware political ephemera scrapbooks. Manuscript and Archival Collection Finding Aids. (n.d.). Retrieved January 12, 2022, from https://library.udel.edu/special/findaids/viewdocId=ead%2Fmss0093_0119.xml%3Bquery
- Collections: 1998, Delaware Women Firsts