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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External links
- [https://archive.library.unr.edu/public/repositories/2/resources/175 Mary L. Gojack Papers], Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno.
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{{s-bef|before=Harry Reid}}
{{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Nevada
(Class 3)|years=1980}}
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Nevada Assembly