A public memorial for former Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson will be held Thursday at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. Visitation will be held in the rotunda from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a ...

Jo Ann Davidson, who climbed her way up through the male-dominated world of Ohio politics to become Ohio House speaker, died Friday. She was 97. Aside from Nancy Hollister’s 11-day stint as ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Jo Ann Davidson, the only woman ever to be speaker of the Ohio House and a mentor to generations of female leaders in Ohio politics, died Friday at the age of 97. Davidson ...

Sylvia Jo-Ann Boggs (AKA Electrice Delight, Samantha, Jody, Jo, Mrytle Kadiddle Hopper) was born in Chamberlain South Dakota July 4th, 1938. How did a lady from the prairies meet an Appalachian ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first woman House speaker and an advocate for putting effective Republican women in office, died Friday. She was 97. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The late Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first and only female House speaker, was remembered during a Statehouse memorial service Thursday for blazing trails for women with grit ...

Former Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson, who died Oct 25 at age 97, was one of Ohio’s finest-ever public servants as well as one of Ohio Republicans’ wisest counselors. Davidson, a ...

Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio's first woman House speaker and an advocate for putting effective Republican women in office, died Friday. She was 97. Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a long-time friend, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio’s first woman House speaker and an advocate for putting effective Republican women in office, died Friday. She was 97. Republican Ohio Gov.