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Colonel Martha Layne Collins (née Hall; born December 7, 1936) is an American former businesswoman and politician from the Commonwealth of Kentucky; she served as the state's 56th governor from 1983 to 1987, the first woman to hold the office and the only one to date.
Oct 12, 2005 · By the mid-1970s, Martha Collins was ready to jump into politics with both feet, and in 1975 she announced her candidacy for clerk of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and was elected.
Nov 9, 1983 · Lieut. Gov. Martha Layne Collins, a Democrat, today became the first woman to be elected Governor of Kentucky. Her Republican opponent, Jim Bunning, a State Senator who is a former pitcher...
Mar 14, 2024 · Our state’s first and only female governor. was Martha Layne Collins, serving from 1983 to 1987 as the 56th Kentucky. Governor. At the time, her election made her the highest-ranking Democratic. woman in the entire country, and she was even considered for a vice presidential.
Mar 27, 2023 · Nunn Center Director Doug Boyd shares audio from a rare oral history interview with Martha Layne Collins; the only woman ever to be elected governor of Kentucky. She talks about her approach to the office, convincing Japanese automaker Toyota to build a plant in Georgetown and how she hoped Kentuckians would look back on her time as governor.
Nov 21, 2019 · Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about Martha Layne Collins, the first and only female Governor of Kentucky. Support local stories that matter, make a contribution now.
Mar 8, 2022 · Martha Layne Collins served as the commonwealth’s first woman governor from 1983 to 1987. The Bagdad native was a former teacher before she entered the political arena in 1971, serving on ...
