Background
Grasso, Ella T. was born on May 10, 1919 in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of James and Maria (Oliva) Tambussi.
Grasso, Ella T. was born on May 10, 1919 in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of James and Maria (Oliva) Tambussi.
Student private schools. Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Mount Holyoke College, 1940, Master of Arts, 1942.
Assistant in department economics and sociology Mount Holyoke College, 1942. Appointed assistant state director research War Manpower Commission, 1943-1946.
Member Connecticut Legislature, 1953, 55, floor leader, 1955. Member 92d-93d congresses from 6th District Connecticut. Member of national platform committee National Democratic Committee, 1960, co-chairman resolutions committee Democratic National Convention, 1964, 68.
Member Board Foreign Scholarships, 1960-1966.
Honorary director Urban League Greater Hartford. Member of advisory board Hartford, American Committee Italian Migration.
Member American Association of University Women, Connecticut Council Catholic Women (director), Order of Sons of Italy (citation for work on Cooley’s anemia), Connecticut Association for Children with Perceptual Learning Disabilities, League Women Voters, Kappa Delta Pi (citation Central Connecticut State College chapter 1960), Alpha Delta Kappa. Club: Mount Holyoke (Hartford).
Married Thomas A. Grasso, August 31, 1942. Children: Susane, James.