A native of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, she became one of the first four female legislators in Minnesota, and was an early advocate of gun control.
[1][2] Sue Metzger Dickey was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on November 22, 1883.
She subsequently pursued four years of study at the University of Chicago Law School and wed Frank Hough.
[5] Employed as a lawyer, Sue Metzger Dickey Hough engaged in farmland and other real estate transactions, and was also involved with investments.
[7] After running on a platform of crime and tax reduction, she focused on securing passage of a "revolver bill" that would have required gun buyers to obtain permits in order to purchase and maintain ownership of firearms, and would also have established penalties for noncompliance.