Bernadette Smyth LaFrance has been elected the first woman president of the Knights of St. Patrick, which was established in ...

NEW HAVEN — The Knights of St. Patrick, one of the oldest Irish organizations in America, has elected Bernadette Smyth LaFrance of Guilford to be its first woman president, the organization said.

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Bernadette Smyth LaFrance has been elected the first woman president of the Knights of St. Patrick, which was established in 1878. In a landmark moment for one of America’s oldest Irish ...