Jean Ankeney

{{Short description|American politician, teacher, and public health nurse}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

Jean Ankeney (March 29, 1922 – May 14, 2005) was an American politician, teacher, and public health nurse.

Born in Fuzhou, China, to American missionaries, Ankeney grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She received her bachelor's degree from Hiram College and her master's degree from Case Western Reserve University. Ankeney was a teacher and public health nurse. In 1975, Ankeney moved to Vermont and lived in St. George, Vermont. From 1993 to 2002, Ankeney served in the Vermont State Senate and was a Democrat. Ankeney died at her home in St. George, Vermont of a rare form of lung cancer.{{cite web |title=Senator Jean B. Ankeney |url=http://www.funeralplan.com/obits/view.html?action=view&id=45096 |access-date=7 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070240/http://www.funeralplan.com/obits/view.html?action=view&id=45096 |archive-date=4 Mar 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Elias |first1=Greg |title=Jean Ankeney, senator and activist, dies at age 83 |url=https://www.willistonobserver.com/jean-ankeney-senator-and-activist-dies-at-age-83/article_e8a39072-98a8-5c23-8cc1-7ead0ac1b95f.html |publisher=Williston Observer |access-date=7 December 2024 |date=18 May 2005}}'Jean Ankeney, 83, served as Vt. state senator for decade,' Boston Globe, May 17, 2005