Lucy Davidson

{{Short description|Arizona politician (1920–2001)}}

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Lucille Wolfe Davidson (November 11, 1920 - November 19, 2001) was a teacher and state legislator in Arizona. She lived in Tucson and represented District 14 in the Arizona Senate from 1974 to 1976, as a Democrat.{{Cite web|url=https://apps.azlibrary.gov/officials/Legislators/Person/335|title=Lucille "Lucy" Wolfe Davidson - Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records}}

Lucille Wolfe was born in New York City. She married Edward S. Davidson. She introduced the "Death with Dignity Bill" and was an advocate for prison reform.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NsiwjJHUzQ8C&dq=lucy+davidson+arizona&pg=PT121|title=Sunbelt Justice: Arizona and the Transformation of American Punishment|first=Mona|last=Lynch|date=September 4, 2009|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-7247-1 |via=Google Books}} She lost her 1976 re-election campaign to Republican Jim Kolbe.

She served in Arizona's Bicentennial Commission.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZrPYmfMll0C&dq=lucy+davidson+arizona&pg=PA32|title=The Bicentennial of the United States of America: A Final Report to the People|first=American Revolution Bicentennial|last=Administration|date=April 12, 1977|publisher=The Administration|isbn=978-0-9601232-6-1 |via=Google Books}}

Davidson died November 19, 2001 at her home in Tucson aged 81.{{cite news |title=Lucy Davidson, ex-state senator, prisoners' advocate, dies at 81 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-lucy-davidson-ex-sta/160021212/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=23 November 2001 |pages=28}} {{Open access}}{{cite news |title=Obituary for Lucy Davidson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-islands-sounder-obituary-for-lucy-d/160021479/ |access-date=30 November 2024 |work=The Islands' Sounder |date=28 November 2001 |pages=7}} {{Open access}} She had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer a couple of months prior to her death, but had declined chemotherapy.