March Fong Eu

Who is March Fong Eu?

March Kong Fong Eu is an American politician of the Democratic Party.

Fong earned a Bachelor of Science in dentistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1943 and a Master of Arts from Mills College. She earned a Ed.D. from the Stanford Graduate School of Education in 1954.

In 1966, Fong was elected to the California State Assembly from the 15th District, representing Oakland and Castro Valley. She served four terms. Fong Eu led the campaign to ban pay toilets, arguing that they discriminated against women since urinals were free. Eu was elected Secretary of State of California in 1974, becoming the first Asian American woman ever elected to a state constitutional office in the United States. Eu was the only woman to serve as California Secretary of State until 2006, when voters elected Debra Bowen. Eu was elected Secretary of State five times. In 1978, she won every county in the state, even heavily Republican Orange County, making her one of only four Democrats to win the county in a statewide race in the last half century.

In 1987 Eu was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S.