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| name=Elsie Jean McGivney<br> "Jean" Boese​<br>

| name=Elsie Jean McGivney<br> "Jean" Boese​<br>

==Civic figure==

==Civic figure==

 

In 1975, three Democratic city commissioners ([[Mayor]] [[John K. Snyder]], Finance and Utilities Commissioner Arnold Jack Rosenthal, and Streets and Parks Commissioner [[Malcolm  Hébert]]) named Mrs. Boese to a vacancy on the Alexandria Civil Service Commission,<ref name=biographies/> which hears grievances from city employees who wish to challenge dismissals, demotions, or changes in job duties and descriptions. She served on the review board of the Alexandria Zoning Commission from 1979 to 1984.​

In 1975, three Democratic city commissioners ([[Mayor]] [[John K. Snyder]], Finance and Utilities Commissioner Arnold Jack Rosenthal, and Streets and Parks Commissioner [[Malcolm  Hébert]]) named Mrs. Boese to a vacancy on the Alexandria Civil Service Commission,<ref name=biographies/> which hears grievances from city employees who wish to challenge dismissals, demotions, or changes in job duties and descriptions. She served on the review board of the Alexandria Zoning Commission from 1979 to 1984.​

In the 1976 campaign, Boese remained neutral in the fight between President [[Gerald Ford]] and former California Governor [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. The Louisiana caucuses in May had gone heavily for Reagan. She was quite optimistic that Ford, who emerged the nominee (with Senator [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]] as his running-mate) from the convention that met in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], would yet defeat Democratic nominee [[Jimmy Carter]]: "The more I read those polls {with Carter far in front}, the more optimistic I am. I am expecting a Democratic Dewey, and I can hardly wait," she said, in reference to former [[New York]] Governor [[Thomas Dewey]], who lost the presidency in 1944 and 1948, though he had been favored in nearly all polls in the latter contest.<ref>''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk,'' July 27, 1976.​</ref>​

In the 1976 campaign, Boese remained neutral in the fight between President [[Gerald Ford]] and former California Governor [[Ronald W. Reagan]]. The Louisiana caucuses in May had gone heavily for Reagan. She was quite optimistic that Ford, who emerged the nominee (with Senator [[Bob Dole]] of [[Kansas]] as his running-mate) from the convention that met in [[Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], would yet defeat Democratic nominee [[Jimmy Carter]]: "The more I read those polls {with Carter far in front}, the more optimistic I am. I am expecting a Democratic Dewey, and I can hardly wait," she said, in reference to former [[New York]] Governor [[Thomas Dewey]], who lost the presidency in 1944 and 1948, though he had been favored in nearly all polls in the latter contest.<ref>''The Alexandria Daily Town Talk,'' July 27, 1976.​</ref>​

 

==Her poem "Leadership"==

==Her poem "Leadership"==

 

Boese's "Leadership" is the official poem of the Louisiana State Senate:​

Boese's "Leadership" is the official poem of the Louisiana State Senate:​

 

:It is easy to bend with the wind and be weak,​

:It is easy to bend with the wind and be weak,​

:Wrapped in silence when it would take courage to speak,​

:Wrapped in silence when it would take courage to speak,​

=="Louisiana", the poem==

=="Louisiana", the poem==

Her best known poem, "Louisiana," was read at the dedication of the Louisiana Archives Building in 1987. The poem is especially poignant to natives of the state:​

Her best known poem, "Louisiana," was read at the dedication of the Louisiana Archives Building in 1987. The poem is especially poignant to natives of the state:​

 

:I love Louisiana with its cotton fields and trees​

:I love Louisiana with its cotton fields and trees​

:And the Spanish moss that flutters with the slightest bit of breeze.​

:And the Spanish moss that flutters with the slightest bit of breeze.​

==Death at 79==

==Death at 79==

 

Herman Boese preceded his wife in death by forty-one days. He had been her caregiver in her last years. The couple was [[Roman Catholic]].​ He shared his wife's political leanings. In 1966, he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Rapides Parish School Board, along with future U.S. District Judge Nauman Steele Scott (1916-2001) and future Republican national committeeman and Louisiana state GOP chairman John Hamilton Cade, Jr. (1928-1989). At the time there were six at-large seats on the body, but by the 1970s the board had converted to single-member districts.

Herman Boese preceded his wife in death by forty-one days. He had been her caregiver in her last years. The couple was [[Roman Catholic]].​ He shared his wife's political leanings. In 1966, he was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for the Rapides Parish School Board, along with future U.S. District Judge Nauman Steele Scott (1916-2001) and future Republican national committeeman and Louisiana state GOP chairman John Hamilton Cade, Jr. (1928-1989). At the time there were six at-large seats on the body, but by the 1970s the board had converted to single-member districts.

At the time of her passing, Boese was survived by her son, Robert Lamar Boese (born 1947), daughter-in-law, Dierdre Digiglia Boese (born 1957), and granddaughters, Erin and Kelly Boese, all of Broussard in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]].​

At the time of her passing, Boese was survived by her son, Robert Lamar Boese (born 1947), daughter-in-law, Dierdre Digiglia Boese (born 1957), and granddaughters, Erin and Kelly Boese, all of Broussard in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]].​

 

==References==

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