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===Background===
===Background===
Although she was born in Tiffin in Seneca County in northern [[Ohio]], her family moved to Winnfield in north Louisiana, known as the traditional home of the [[Huey Long|Long]] political dynasty. Belchic graduated from Winnfield High School before she entered LSU.<ref name=obit>Harriet Cameron Belchic obituary, ''The Shreveport Times'', February 15-16, 1999.</ref>
Although she was born in Tiffin in Seneca County in northern [[Ohio]], her family moved to Winnfield in north Louisiana, known as the traditional home of the [[Huey Long|Long]] political dynasty. Belchic graduated from Winnfield High School before she entered LSU.<ref name=obit>Harriet Cameron Belchic obituary, ''The Shreveport Times'', February 15-16, 1999.</ref>
=== Career ===
=== Career ===
She became a member of the Shreveport Women's Republican Club in 1954, long before her party became competitive in the previous one-party format. Active in local civic affairs, Belchic was appointed by [[Democratic|Democratic]] [[Mayor]] John Brennan Hussey and Republican Mayor Hazel F. Beard to the Shreveport Women's Commission, having served from 1988 to 1994. Beard also named her to the Riverfront Redevelopment Advisory Committee. She was a sustaining member of the Shreveport Junior League and a former member of the Centenary College Muses. She was member of St. Paul's [[Episcopalian|Episcopal Church]] in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>
She became a member of the Shreveport Women's Republican Club in 1954, long before her party became competitive in the previous one-party format. Active in local civic affairs, Belchic was appointed by [[Democratic|Democratic]] [[Mayor]] John Brennan Hussey and Republican Mayor Hazel F. Beard to the Shreveport Women's Commission, having served from 1988 to 1994. Beard also named her to the Riverfront Redevelopment Advisory Committee. She was a sustaining member of the Shreveport Junior League and a former member of the Centenary College Muses. She was member of St. Paul's [[Episcopalian|Episcopal Church]] in Shreveport.<ref name=obit/>
=== Death and afterward ===
=== Death and afterward ===