Emily Jean Ashbrook (née Spencer; born September 21, 1934[1]) is a former American politician.

Ashbrook was born Emily Jean Spencer on September 21, 1934, in Cincinnati, Ohio.

She went on to graduate with a bachelor's degree from Ohio State University, where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta,[3] in 1956.

She served for the remainder of the 97th Congress and represented Ohio's 17th congressional district from June 29, 1982 to January 3, 1983.

She did speak out for her views including introducing a bill that would have denied federal law enforcement jurisdiction to implement gun control ordinances; a bill to prescribe mandatory minimum sentences for federal felonies against senior citizens; supported the Enterprise Zone Tax Act of 1982; and backed a bill to educate citizens on the dangers of communism and promote democracy abroad.