Here is a template for creating new stubs about women who have served in the Washington State legislature; fill in the details when creating a new article. For a good example of how this might go, which incorporates a fair amount of detail but not a ton, and remains pretty straightforward, see Julia Butler Hansen.
{{short description|Washington State politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = XXNAME
|image =
|state = [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|XX state_house OR state_senate = Washington
|district = [[Washington's XXth legislative district|XXth]]
|term_start = XXDATE
|term_end = XXDATE
|alongside = IF SERVED IN HOUSE BEFORE SEATS WERE SEPARATED WITHIN EACH DISTRICT
|predecessor = XXWIKILINK
|successor = XXWIKILINK
|XX state_house2 OR state_senate2 = Washington
|district2 = XXWIKILINK
|term_start2 = XXDATE
|term_end2 = XXDATE
|predecessor2 = XXWIKILINK
|successor2 = XXWIKILINK
|birth_name = XXBIRTHNAME
|birth_date = {{birth date|YEAR|MONTH|DAY}}
|birth_place = XXCITYWIKILINK, U.S.
|death_date = XXIFDECEASED{{death date and age|DEATHYEAR|DEATHMONTH|DEATHDATE|BIRTHYEAR|BIRTHMONTH|BIRTHDATE}}
|death_place = XXCITYWIKILINK, U.S.
|party = XX[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] or [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse = XXNAMEorWIKILINK
|education = XXCOLLEGEorUNIVERSITYWIKILINK (XXDEGREEWIKILINK, e.g. [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]], [[Master of Arts|M.A.]]) AND IF OTHERS, FOR EACH: <br> XXCOLLEGEorUNIVERSITYWIKILINK (XXDEGREEWIKILINK)
|occupation =
}}
'''FULLNAME''' (née '''BIRTH LASTNAME'''; BIRTHDATE – DEATHDATE OR born BIRTHDATE) is / is a former (if no longer in office) / was an American politician who served as a member of the [[Washington House of Representatives / Washington State Senate]] from YEAR to YEAR. She represented [[Washington's XXXX legislative district]] as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] OR [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. ONE OR TWO KEY HIGHLIGHTS.
POSSIBLE HEADINGS:
==Early life and education==
==Entry to public service==
==Legislative career==
(or if it extended beyond the legislature)
==Political career==
==Later career==
==ANY INDIVIDUAL-SPECIFIC TOPIC==
==Legacy== or if deceased ==Death and legacy==
==See also==
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name=LegMembers>{{cite web |url=https://leg.wa.gov/History/Legislative/Documents/MembersOfLeg2019.pdf |title=State of Washington: Members of the Legislature 1889-2019 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= February 2019 |website= Washington Legislative Information Center |publisher=Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the [[Washington State Senate|Senate]]; Bernard C. Dean, Chief Clerk [[Washington State House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] |access-date=2023-07-10|quote=}}</ref>
<ref name=LegBio>{{cite web
|url =
|title =
|author = <!--Not stated-->
|date =
|website = Women in the Legislature
|publisher = [[Washington State Legislature]]
|access-date =
|quote =
}}</ref>
<ref name=HistoryLink1>{{Historylink
|title =
|article =
|author =
|date =
|quote =
|accessdate =
}}.</ref>
}}
==Further reading==
==External links==
NOTE: It's best to use external links as references in support of material in the article body, but you can just drop the links here if you don't have time to integrate them fully.
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