Helen Sommers
Helen Sommers was an American politician. She served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1972 to 2009. She represented the 36th district as a Democrat. At the time of her retirement she was the state's longest serving legislator.Biography
She was born in Woodbury Heights, New Jersey and attended the University of Washington. She was also a Charles Bullard Forest Research Fellow at Harvard University.
Sommers died on March 7, 2017 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, aged 84.
