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Linda J. Melconian is a former American state legislator who served as the first woman Majority Leader in the history of the Massachusetts Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the greater Springfield area as its State Senator from 1983-2005. In 2017 Melconian was invited by the U. S. House of Representatives Historian’s Office to participate in an oral interview and transcript as part of the Oral History Project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first woman elected to Congress. The work which was released in 2019, including an oral interview, transcript, video clips, photos, and biography from the Office of the House Historian can be viewed at their website https://history.house.gov/Oral-History/Women/Linda-Melconian/