Blanquita Valenti

Blanquita Bird Valenti (1933 or 1934 – March 9, 2021) was an American politician from New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Blanquita Valenti
Born1933 or 1934
Died (aged 87)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPolitician

Biography

Bird graduated from the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Connecticut and Rosemont College, Pennsylvania.[1] In 1956 she married Thomas Valenti.[2] In 1971, she was appointed to the New Brunswick Board of Education, the first Latina in the state to serve in such a role.[3]

In 1990, she was appointed to the New Brunswick City Council to fill a vacancy, subsequently being re-elected five times, including holding the office of Council President and Vice-President.[4] In 2004, Valenti was elected to the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders (now Commissioners), serving five terms until her retirement in 2019.[4]

She was honored for her works at her 15th anniversary.[5] Valenti was the first Latina to serve in those two positions.[6][7][8][9][10] After announcing her retirement,[11] she retired in 2019.[12]

Valenti died on March 9, 2021, aged 87. Politicians from the senate expressed their condolences.[6][8][9][10][7][13][14][15][16][17]

References
  1. "Valenti-Bird Wedding Held". The Central New Jersey Home News. August 12, 1956. Retrieved March 26, 2021 – via newspapers.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Times, Special to The New York (August 8, 1956). "BLANQUITA BIRD TO WED; She Will Be Married Saturday to Carl Thomas Valenti". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  3. Listokin, David; Berkhout, Dorothea; Hughes, James W. (2016). New Brunswick, New Jersey: The Decline and Revitalization of Urban America. Rutgers University Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-8135-7558-2.
  4. "City Remembers Longtime Public Servant Blanquita Valenti". www.cityofnewbrunswick.org. March 11, 2021. Archived from the original on March 11, 2021. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  5. "Freeholder Valenti Honored For Decades of Public Service". TAPinto.
  6. "Blanquita Valenti, trailblazing Middlesex freeholder, dies at 87". New Jersey Globe. March 10, 2021.
  7. "Blanquita Valenti, Trailblazing New Brunswick, Middlesex County Politician, Dead at 87". TAPinto.
  8. "Blanquita Valenti through the years: Trailblazing politician left indelible mark". www.mycentraljersey.com.
  9. Russell, Suzanne. "Blanquita Valenti, trailblazing Latina politician in Middlesex County, dies at 87". MyCentralJersey.com.
  10. "PRAB Mourns the Loss of our founder, Blanquita B. Valenti – PRAB".
  11. "Middlesex County Freeholder Valenti to retire at end of term". Courier News and Home News Tribune.
  12. "Freeholder Blanquita B. Valenti Announces Intention to Retire at End of Term". www.middlesexcountynj.gov.
  13. "Blanquita Valenti, trailblazing Latina politician in Middlesex County, dies at 87". MyCentralJersey.com.
  14. "Lopez Statement on the Passing of Middlesex County Freeholder Blanquita Valenti". Insider NJ.
  15. Amato, Jennifer; Editor, Managing (March 10, 2021). "Middlesex County mourns loss of Freeholder Valenti, a trailblazer for Latinx in politics". {{cite web}}: |last2= has generic name (help)
  16. "Blanquita Valenti, trailblazing Middlesex freeholder, dies at 87 - Opera News". www.dailyadvent.com.
  17. "Menendez Statement on the Passing of Former Middlesex Freeholder Blanquita Valenti | U.S. Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey". www.menendez.senate.gov.
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