Julia Gentleman
{{Short description|American politician (1931–2023)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name =Julia Brooks Gentleman
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|image_size=180px
|office=Member of the Iowa State Senate
|term_start =January 8, 1979
|term_end =January 13, 1991
|office2=Member of the Iowa State House of Representatives
|term2=January 13, 1975 – January 7, 1979
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|birth_name=
|birth_date = {{birth date|1931|8|24}}
|birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2023|12|13|1931|8|24}}
|death_place =
|party = Republican
|occupation=homemaker
|spouse =Gregor Gentleman
|children = five
|relations=
|alma_mater=Northwestern University
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Julia Woolson Gentleman (née Brooks; August 24, 1931 – December 13, 2023) was an American politician in the state of Iowa. She served in the Iowa House of Representatives for the 65th district between 1975 and 1979. She then served in the Iowa Senate for the 43rd district from 1983 to 1991 and then for the 33rd district from 1979 to 1983.
Early life
Julia Woolson Brooks was born on August 24, 1931, in Des Moines, Iowa. Her parents are John and Marguerite Brooks. She graduated from Roosevelt High School in Des Moines in 1949 and received her bachelor of science degree from Northwestern University in 1953. She married Gregor Gentleman the following year and the couple had three daughters and two sons.
Political career
A Republican, she served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979 (65th district) and the Iowa Senate from 1979 to 1991 (43rd district from 1983 to 1991 and 33rd district 1979 to 1983).{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator/legislatorAllYears?personID=987|title=State Senator|author=Iowa Legislative Services Agency|publisher=|accessdate=16 October 2015}} She later changed party to become a Democrat.{{Cite news |date=2007-03-16 |title=Ten months before caucuses, Iowa in campaign mode |work=Christian Science Monitor |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0316/p01s01-uspo.html |access-date=2022-10-30 |issn=0882-7729}}
Death
Gentleman died on December 13, 2023, at the age of 92.{{cite web |title=Julia Brooks Gentleman |url=https://www.caldwellparrish.com/obituaries/Julia-Brooks-Gentleman?obId=30121373 |website=Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory |access-date=21 December 2023}}
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Category:Politicians from Des Moines, Iowa
Category:Northwestern University alumni
Category:Women state legislators in Iowa
Category:Republican Party members of the Iowa House of Representatives
Category:Republican Party Iowa state senators
Category:21st-century American women
Category:20th-century members of the Iowa General Assembly
Category:20th-century American women politicians
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