Biography

1889 - 05/18/1960

COYLE, Josephine C., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1899 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa.; graduated, Cathedral High School; organizer, 15th Ward Democratic Women’s Club (president, 8 years); member, 15th Ward Democratic Executive Commission (20 years); member, Jefferson Women’s Democratic Club; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1945 term and served 1 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1946, 1948); reelected to the House to serve the 1951 and 1953 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1954); died, May 18, 1960 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Holy Cross Cemetery, Yeadon, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.