Background
Graham, Sylvia Swords was born on November 15, 1935 in Atlanta. Daughter of Metz Jona and Christine (Gurley) Swords.
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Sylvia Swords Graham
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Bachelor, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1957; Master of Education, W. Georgia College, Carrollton, 1980; SEd, W. Georgia College, 1981; postgraduate, College William and Mary, 1964-1967.
Career
Teacher, Atlanta public schools, 1957-1958; teacher, Newark County public schools, Newark, California, 1960-1961; teacher history, Virginia Beach (Virginia) public schools, 1964-1975; teacher history, Paulding County public schools, Dallas, Georgia, 1976-1997; retired, Paulding County public schools, Dallas, Georgia, 1997. Tour director Paulding High School trips, Far East, 1985, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1989, Australia, 1988-1989.
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Membership
County chairman Republican Party, 1987-1989, county chairman for re-election of Newt Gingrich, 1982. Member Gingrich education committee, 1983, 88. 1st vice chairman 6th Congressional District, 1989-1990, chairman 1989-1990.
Chairman 7th Congressional District, 1992-1995. Delegate National Republican Convention, 1992. Member Dallas Woman's Club (president 1982-1984, 1st vice president 1986-1988, public affairs chairman since 1986, treasurer for Civic Center fund since 1984), Phi Kappa Phi.
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Married Thomas A. Graham, November 29, 1958 (divorced 1970).
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Religion
Baptist -
Political Party
Republican