Mary Gojack

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Mary Gojack

|office1 = Member of the Nevada Senate
from the 23rd district

|term_start1 = November 6, 1974

|term_end1 = November 8, 1978

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|successor1 =

|office2 = Member of the Nevada Assembly

|term_start2 = November 8, 1972

|term_end2 = November 6, 1974

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|successor2 =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1936|2|19}}

|birth_place = Hillsboro, Iowa, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|1985|11|12|1936|2|19}}

|death_place = Reno, Nevada, U.S.

|party = Democratic

|education = University of Nevada, Reno (BA, MA)

}}

Mary Gojack (February 19, 1936 – November 12, 1985) was an American politician who served in the Nevada Assembly from 1972 to 1974 and in the Nevada Senate from 1974 to 1978.{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/nevada-state-journal-dec-13-1974-p-8/ |title=Nevada State Journal Archives, Dec 13, 1974, p. 8 |publisher=Newspaperarchive.com |date=1974-12-13 |accessdate=2019-05-08}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-11-13-8503180258-story.html |title=MARY GOJACK, 49, FORMER NEVADA LEGISLATOR, ERA BACKER |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=1985-11-13 |accessdate=2019-05-08}}

She died of cancer on November 12, 1985, in Reno, Nevada at the age of 49.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-15-me-2270-story.html |title=Ex-Nevada Lawmaker Mary Gojack Dies: Former Blackjack Dealer Fought on Behalf of Women, Minorities |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1985-11-15 |accessdate=2019-05-08}}

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