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Central Alabama | December 2017. 20th Century. Lurleen Wallace became the first female governor of Alabama in 1967. Laws at the time prevented her husband Governor George Wallace from seeking a second term, so Mrs. Wallace ran for Governor in his stead. Mrs. Wallace was a strong advocate for mental health reform and improving our state parks ...
May 20, 2023 · Lurleen Wallace had been diagnosed with cancer two years before the 1966 election. Although it seemed to be in remission, her health was not excellent. The campaigning was a challenge to her.
Let’s take a moment to remember Alabama’s first female governor, Lurleen Wallace, and the odd and tragic story that surrounded her governorship.
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LURLEEN BURNS WALLACE was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on September 19, 1926. She graduated from Tuscaloosa Business College and worked in a Tuscaloosa dime store where she met George C. Wallace. Sixteen-year-old Lurleen married Wallace on May 22, 1943, and devoted herself to being a housewife and mother over the next 20 years. When her husband was elected …
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Tuesday, May 7 -- Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace died early today of cancer. She was 41 years old. View Full Article in Timesmachine »
The Lurleen B. Wallace Tumor Institute and the Wallace Patient Tower at the University of Alabama (Birmingham) Medical Center are named in her honor, as is Lake Lurleen in central Alabama. Alabama Governor, Wife of Alabama Governor George C. Wallace .
Jun 11, 2013 · "We presented Vivian with the Lurleen B. Wallace Courage Award," Wallace Kennedy says. "It was in October of 1996. She and my father and James [Hood], they had a private meeting.
