Zilpher Jennings

Zilpher Margaret Jennings Reed was an American Samoan politician. In 1953 she was one of the first two women elected to the American [Samoa Fono|Fono], when she won a seat in the American Samoa [House of Representatives|House of Representatives].

Biography

Jennings was born in Swains Island in 1928, the daughter of Margaret and Eli Jennings, the owner of the island. She began working in the administration department of the American Samoan government, and married Fritz John Reed, with whom she had two sons in 1956 and 1958.
In the 1953 American [Samoan legislative election|1953 legislative elections], she was elected to the House of Representatives from Swains Island, one of two women elected to the House alongside Mabel Reid.
She died in 1961.