Susan L. (née Lawson) Farmer (May 29, 1942 – September 16, 2013) was an American politician, media executive and television personality.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she went to Garland Junior College and Brown University Extension Division.
In 1972, she ran the Rhode Island campaign for California Republican Pete McCloskey, who was trying to deny Nixon another nomination for president.
Senator John Chafee’s finance director in 1976, Farmer ran for and won, in 1979, a seat on the commission drafting a new Home Rule charter for the city of Providence.
[2][3][4] Farmer was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 2010, and was a 2013 recipient of the Isabelle Ahearn O'Neill Award.