17 Facts About Judy Agnew

Elinor Isabel "Judy" Agnew was the second lady of the United States from 1969 to 1973.

Judy Agnew was the wife of the 39th vice president of the United States, Spiro Agnew, who had previously served as Governor of Maryland and Baltimore County Executive.

Judy Agnew confessed in an interview with Parade magazine that her father had believed college education to be wasted on women, so in lieu of attending college, Judy Agnew worked as a filing clerk.

Judy Agnew married Agnew on May 27,1942, in Baltimore; he had graduated from Army Officer Candidate School two days earlier.

When speaking to the press, Judy Agnew spoke in what she called a "Baltimorese" accent.

Judy Agnew became known by the local press for serving cocktails in glass peanut butter jars, although she once publicly attempted to refute this claim.

Judy Agnew was the First Lady of Maryland from January 1967 to January 1969.

In 1969, Judy Agnew hosted a dinner at the White House for seventy-five female reporters.

Judy Agnew's husband played piano for the guests and left before the meal was served.

Judy Agnew preferred to avoid political conversations in the press while serving as Second Lady.

McCall's magazine published a letter from a feminist reader in response to Judy Agnew's comments, saying she had "set Women's Lib back a hundred years".

Judy Agnew told The New York Times that she had "no use" for hippies, although she admitted that she didn't know any.

In 1973, Spiro Judy Agnew resigned from his position as Vice President of the United States, pleading nolo contendere to charges of income tax evasion.

Judy Agnew was charged with having reported a joint income of $26,099 for both him and his wife in 1967, although their correct income had been $55,599.

On September 16,1996, Spiro Judy Agnew collapsed and died the next day from acute undiagnosed leukemia at the age of 77.

Judy Agnew outlived him by almost 16 years and died on June 20,2012, in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 91.

Judy Agnew was buried next to husband Spiro at the Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.