Hazel Bell Wines

Hazel Bell Wines (1885–April 1949) was a US teacher, politician, artist, and organizer for historical preservation in Nevada.

Assemblywoman Wines (Democrat-Humboldt County, 1934-1936), her father, Senator William "Johnny" Bell (Democrat-Humboldt County, 1906-1914), and daughter, Assemblywoman Gene Wines Segerblom (Democrat-Clark County, 1992-2000) were the first grandfather, mother and daughter to all serve as state legislators.[1] She was born in Paradise Valley, Nevada.

Life

Born in Humboldt County, California on September 27, 1885, Hazel Bell was a daughter of William John Bell, who "made his fortune on the Buckskin Mine, a Winnemucca saloon and various land investments" prior to serving in the Nevada state senate from 1907 to 1915, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. Following her completion of high school in California in 1902, she attended, and graduated from, the California State Normal School, and then became a public school teacher.[2]

She married Stanley L. Wines in 1907 in Winnemucca, Nevada; they had five children.[3]

In 1934, she was elected to the Nevada State Senate. Serving one term, she represented the district which included Winnemucca.[4]

Hazel Bell Wines died in San Francisco, California in 1949.[3]

References
  1. Moreno, Richard; Barr, Denise; Nevada magazine (30 June 1998). The historical Nevada magazine: outstanding historical features from the pages of Nevada magazine. University of Nevada Press. pp. 128–. ISBN 978-1-890136-06-2. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
  2. "Women's History Month: Legislator led full, busy life". Reno, Nevada: Reno Gazette-Journal, March 17, 2010, p. 18.
  3. "Hazel Bell Wines". Nevada Women's History Project. University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
  4. "Women's History Month: Legislator led full, busy life", Reno Gazette-Journal.
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