# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martha-griffiths
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:04:38.138Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martha-griffiths"
name: "Martha Griffiths"
slug: "martha-griffiths"
description: "Martha Wright Griffiths was an American lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954. Griffiths was the first woman to serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means and the first woman elected to the United States Congress from Michigan as a member of the Democratic Party. She was \"instrumental\" in including the prohibition of sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In 1982, Griffiths was also the first woman elected lieutenant governor of Michigan, as Matilda Dodge Wilson had been appointed the first female lieutenant governor of Michigan in 1939."
tagline: "American politician (1912-2003)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martha_Wright_Griffiths.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1912-01-29"
deathDate: "2003-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.1734104046242774
  historical:           13.16152133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Martha Griffiths"
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    title: "Marta Grifiis"
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    title: "Марта Гріффітс"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump