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| death_date =June 25, 1992 (aged 69)​

| death_date =June 25, 1992 (aged 69)​

| spouse =Reginald Vincent Martinez, Jr. (married 1946-1992, her death)​

| spouse =Reginald Vincent Martinez, Jr. (married 1946-1992, her death)​

| children=Charles Martinez<br/>Richard Martinez<br/>Reginald V. Martinez, III​

| children=Charles Martinez<br/>Richard Martinez<br/>Reginald V. Martinez, III​

| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]​

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'''Virginia Morse Martinez''', usually known as '''Ginny Martinez''' (1922 - June 25, 1992), was a long-term [[Republican Party]] official who is credited with having landed her party's 1988 [[Republican National Convention|1988]] national convention in her adopted home city of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=obit>Obituary of Virginia Morse Martinez, ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' June 27, 1992.</ref> Delegates nominated the [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]]-[[J. Danforth Quayle|Quayle]] ticket. Martinez had been a notable Bush supporter.<ref>Maralee Schwartz, Charles R. Babcock, and Thomas B. Edsall, "New and Old Bush Supporters," ''The Washington Times,'' February 14, 1988.</ref>​

'''Virginia Morse Martinez''', usually known as '''Ginny Martinez''' (1922 - June 25, 1992), was a long-term [[Republican Party]] official who is credited with having landed her party's 1988 [[Republican National Convention|1988]] national convention in her adopted home city of [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]].<ref name=obit>Obituary of Virginia Morse Martinez, ''The New Orleans Times-Picayune,'' June 27, 1992.</ref> Delegates nominated the [[George Herbert Walker Bush|Bush]]-[[J. Danforth Quayle|Quayle]] ticket. Martinez had been a notable Bush supporter.<ref>Maralee Schwartz, Charles R. Babcock, and Thomas B. Edsall, "New and Old Bush Supporters," ''The Washington Times,'' February 14, 1988.</ref>​

In 1991, the Louisiana Federation of Republican Women established the "Ginny Martinez Scholarship Award" to honor her work in encouraging young women to enter government service. In 1994, Martinez was among the first nine inductees, along with state Treasurer [[Mary Evelyn Parker]] and former state Senator [[Virginia Shehee]], into the Louisiana Center for Women and Government Hall of Fame at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nicholls.edu/lcwg/hall-of-fame/past-inductees/|title=Louisiana Center for Women and Government – Past Inductees|publisher=Nicholls.edu|accessdate=September 6, 2009; no longer on-line.}}</ref>​

In 1991, the Louisiana Federation of Republican Women established the "Ginny Martinez Scholarship Award" to honor her work in encouraging young women to enter government service. In 1994, Martinez was among the first nine inductees, along with state Treasurer [[Mary Evelyn Parker]] and former state Senator [[Virginia Shehee]], into the Louisiana Center for Women and Government Hall of Fame at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nicholls.edu/lcwg/hall-of-fame/past-inductees/|title=Louisiana Center for Women and Government – Past Inductees|publisher=Nicholls.edu|accessdate=September 6, 2009; no longer on-line.}}</ref>​

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