Background
Tousant, Emma Sanborn was born on November 11, 1890 in Bradford, Vermont, United States. Daughter of William C. and Abbie D. (Paine) Sanborn.
State Com missioner of Industrial Accidents
Tousant, Emma Sanborn was born on November 11, 1890 in Bradford, Vermont, United States. Daughter of William C. and Abbie D. (Paine) Sanborn.
Student Bridgewater Normal School, 1918-1919. Bachelor of Laws, Boston University, 1924. LL.D (honorary), Albright College, 1959.
Teacher public schools St. Johnsbury, Vermont, 1910-1918, Melrose, Massachusetts, 1919-1921. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1924, private practice, Quincy, 1924-1970. Instructor Harvard School Public Health, 1940-1960. Treasurer, director General Theological Library, Boston, 1959-1960, President Quincy Young Men’s Christian Association, 1961-1970.
Member Massachusetts Industrial Accident Board, 1927-1951, chairman, 1937-1947. Member American, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Quincy bar associations, International Association Industrial Accident Bds. and Communications (president 1943-1944), Massachusetts Women Lawyers Association (president 1929), Quincy Taxpayers Association (president 1952-1956), Massachusetts Federation Taxpayers Assns. Inc. (director 1961-1963), Quincy History Society (vice president 1960), Boston University Alumni of Quincy (vice president 1959).
Member council administration and finance committee Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Married John B. Tousant, December 23, 1911 (deceased.