Ella T(am⋅bus⋅si) /tæmˈbusi/Show Spelled Pronunciation[tam-boo-see]Show IPA, 1919–81, U.S. politician: congresswoman 1971–75; governor of Connecticut 1975–80.
Gras·so (grās'ō, grä'sō) American public official. As governor of Connecticut (1975-1981), she was the first woman elected to an American state governorship in her own right.