Tustin, CA – This week, U.S. Representative Young Kim (CA-40) introduced a bill to honor Ursula Ellen Kennedy, who made history as the first woman elected to the Tustin City Council and first woman Mayor of Tustin.
Rep. Kim’s bill would rename the U.S. Postal Office at 340 East 1st St in Tustin, CA, as the “Ursula Ellen Kennedy Post Office Building.”
“At a time when women were expected to stay at home, Ursula challenged societal limits, defied odds time and time again, and showed that women and girls can do anything we set our minds to. Her legacy of kind, intelligent leadership lives on in our community,” said Rep. Young Kim. “I am proud to honor her service to Tustin and appreciate her family working with me on this initiative.”
“Our family is deeply honored that Ursula E. Kennedy is being recognized in her beloved city of Tustin. Ursula broke barriers in many areas, she was a published writer and attended law school and passed the bar in her forties. (Her children believe she was motivated partially by an avoidance to housework.) She was the first woman elected to the Tustin City Council and then became the city’s first female mayor. She served with vision, humor and heart, fairness, and intelligence. We are profoundly grateful to Representative Kim for ensuring that her legacy of public service and leadership will continue to inspire generations to come. We’re over the moon to see her legacy honored in the city she helped shape,” said the Kennedy family.
Read the bill HERE.
