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| name= Jean McGlothlin Doerge​

| name= Jean McGlothlin Doerge​

| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 10 (Webster Parish)]]​

| office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 10 (Webster Parish)​

| party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

| party= [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

| term_start=1998​

| term_start=1998​

'''Jean McGlothlin Doerge''' (born June 4, 1937) is a retired school [[teacher]] from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]], and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, who represented District 10 (Webster Parish) from the death in 1998 of her husband, Everett Gail Doerge, until January 9, 2012. In 2007, her colleagues named her to the House Appropriations Committee, a key panel that approves state spending. While in the legislature Doerge (pronounced DURR GHEE) was a member of the [[Hurricane Katrina]] Memorial Commission and the Democratic Caucus.​

'''Jean McGlothlin Doerge''' (born June 4, 1937) is a retired school [[teacher]] from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]], [[Louisiana]], and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, who represented District 10 (Webster Parish) from the death in 1998 of her husband, Everett Gail Doerge, until January 9, 2012. In 2007, her colleagues named her to the House Appropriations Committee, a key panel that approves state spending. While in the legislature Doerge (pronounced DURR GHEE) was a member of the [[Hurricane Katrina]] Memorial Commission and the Democratic Caucus.​

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==Background==​

==Background==

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She was born to Thomas McGlothlin (1903–1966) and the former Cora Vercher (1904–1975) in tiny Galbraith in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]] in Central Louisiana. The middle child in a family of seven daughters, she graduated from Cloutierville High School in Natchitoches Parish. Thereafter, she attended [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], where she met Everett Doerge, a native of Minden. They married in August 1957, and both graduated in 1958. Later, she received her master's degree]from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and thirty additional hours of credits in professional education from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].​

She was born to Thomas McGlothlin (1903–1966) and the former Cora Vercher (1904–1975) in tiny Galbraith in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches Parish]] in Central Louisiana. The middle child in a family of seven daughters, she graduated from Cloutierville High School in Natchitoches Parish. Thereafter, she attended [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], where she met Everett Doerge, a native of Minden. They married in August 1957, and both graduated in 1958. Later, she received her master's degree]from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] and thirty additional hours of credits in professional education from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]].​

In 2001, Mrs. Doerge worked to establish a special district to authorize the creation of a fire and emergency training service district, only the second  created in Louisiana. She helped various residents in the Dubberly community in south Webster Parish obtain [[water]] service when their wells went dry. She also helped to secure a grant for the Cotton Valley water system.​

In 2001, Mrs. Doerge worked to establish a special district to authorize the creation of a fire and emergency training service district, only the second  created in Louisiana. She helped various residents in the Dubberly community in south Webster Parish obtain [[water]] service when their wells went dry. She also helped to secure a grant for the Cotton Valley water system.​

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In 2002, she helped the Springhill Medical Center obtain placement in the Rural Hospital Coalition, a move which enabled the facility to obtain additional funds. She pushed for the designation of a tourism center in Springhill, with appropriate directional signs to the new facility. She also worked for a jogging trail in Frank Anthony Park and for the funding to renovate the Spring Theatre.​

In 2002, she helped the Springhill Medical Center obtain placement in the Rural Hospital Coalition, a move which enabled the facility to obtain additional funds. She pushed for the designation of a tourism center in Springhill, with appropriate directional signs to the new facility. She also worked for a jogging trail in Frank Anthony Park and for the funding to renovate the Spring Theatre.​

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She pushed successfully for funding to relocate the Northwest Louisiana Technical College in Minden to its new campus which opened in 2013 off the Interstate 20 service road.​

She pushed successfully for funding to relocate the Northwest Louisiana Technical College in Minden to its new campus which opened in 2013 off the Interstate 20 service road.​