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Apr 2, 2014 · Feisty politician Ann Richards came to national attention as a keynote speaker in the 1988 Democratic National Convention and later as governor of Texas.
Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
May 13, 2024 · Ann Richards was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A prominent figure in that state’s politics, Richards gained national attention for her keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
Richards entered politics in 1976, winning election as a Travis county commissioner. Six years later in 1982 she was elected state treasurer, the first woman elected to statewide office in Texas in fifty years. She was credited with greatly modernizing the operations of the treasury.
Sep 14, 2006 · Ann W. Richards, the silver-haired Texas activist who galvanized the 1988 Democratic National Convention with her tart keynote speech and was the state’s 45th governor until upset in 1994 by an...
Sep 13, 2006 · AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Former Gov. Ann Richards, the witty and flamboyant Democrat who went from homemaker to national political celebrity, died Wednesday night after a battle with cancer, a...
In 1990, Ann Richards became the second woman to be elected as governor of Texas. She appointed more women, Hispanics, and African Americans to state posts than the two previous governors combined. She also authorized audits of state agencies that saved $6 billion.
Mar 1, 2022 · AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas primary election of 1990 was one for the history books. It was the year State Treasurer Ann Richards made a run for the governor's office, up against two other well...
May 14, 2018 · Ann Willis Richards (born 1933) was elected Democratic governor of Texas in 1990, the second woman ever to hold that position in the state's history. Ann Willis Richards was born in a one bedroom frame house in Lakeview, Texas, located eight miles from Waco.
Ann Richards. From the September 2012 Issue. Nearly six years after her death, Ann Richards, who is the subject of a new documentary, book, and stage play, still casts a long shadow.
