Fact #11: Who was the "real" first female governor? Part 2
You can check out the LLP blog and read a transcript/references of this episode at www.ladieslovepolitics.com. If you're looking for something to listen to besides politics, check out my crime podcast on YouTube.
Ladies Love Crime: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Z3F_1rn3a637H_p7YtMUg
Background Music Credit:
Music: Hang for Days - Silent Partner https://youtu.be/A41A0XeU2ds
*****
FACT #11: Who was the “real” first female Governor - Part 1?
Lurleen Wallace became governor of Alabama in 1967. Her husband, George Wallace, was governor prior to her. He planned on running for president in 1968 and wanted all the perks and favors that came with the governor’s office. However, term limits kept him from being governor again - so he had his wife run. Lurleen won but he was the de facto governor. His staff remained in the administration, he had an office across Lurleen, and they both were referred to by staff as Governor. She died less than 2 years into her term. Several years before assuming office doctors noticed questionable tissue when she gave birth to her last child. Doctors only told her husband, who decided to withhold it from Lurleen. This turned into uterine cancer which then required a hysterectomy. Just 5 months into her term as governor the cancer returned. She died less than two years into her term as governor.
The first woman elected governor -who got there on her own ability and not her husband’s- was Ella Grasso. She was elected to the Connecticut General Assembly and later served as the state’s Secretary of State for more than decade. She also chaired the Democratic State Platform Committee for 12 years
After becoming governor, she fought to keep it. Her own lieutenant governor tried to challenge her in the primary. Ella won her second term. Sadly she resigned in 1980, less than two years into her second term due to ovarian cancer. She passed away the following year. She may have been a pioneer for women but did not fit the mold of a typical feminist - she opposed abortion and did not support affirmative action.
-
LIVE
Redacted News
1 hour agoBREAKING! Disturbing New Details in Trump Assassination Plot Exposed | Redacted w Clayton Morris
12,723 watching -
LIVE
Right Side Broadcasting Network
4 days agoLIVE: Day Three: 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 7/17/24
3,810 watching -
DVR
In The Litter Box w/ Jewels & Catturd
19 hours agoInside Job | In the Litter Box w/ Jewels & Catturd – Ep. 606 – 7/17/2024
18.4K16 -
LIVE
Laura Loomer
1 hour agoEP59: Trump Unifies the Country at RNC Convention Following Assassination Attempt
448 watching -
LIVE
Revenge of the Cis
50 minutes agoLocals Episode 168: Chonky Bois
559 watching -
1:03:02
WeAreChange
3 hours agoThey Were Warned HOURS BEFORE Trump Assassination Attempt! Live From RNC
36.6K42 -
8:07:20
Right Side Broadcasting Network
5 days agoLIVE REPLAY: Day Two: 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin - 7/16/24
671K179 -
LIVE
Mally_Mouse
4 hours agoLet's Talk About It - LIVE
701 watching -
53:36
Ben Shapiro
4 hours agoEp. 2006 - RNC NIGHT 2...Plus, The Secret Service's SHOCKING Failures
72.4K82 -
1:31:52
Russell Brand
5 hours agoLIVE at RNC: "COVID WAS MAN-MADE" . With Marjorie Taylor Greene, Andrew Klavan & Ron Johnson - SF 409
214K321