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- The spouse of the governor of Minnesota is given an honorary position, styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of Minnesota. To date there have been no female governors of the State of Minnesota, and all first spouses have been first ladies. The current first lady is Gwen Walz, wife of Governor Tim Walz.
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The spouse of the governor of Minnesota is given an honorary position, styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of Minnesota. To date there have been no female governors of the State of Minnesota, and all first spouses have been first ladies. [1] The current first lady is Gwen Walz, wife of Governor Tim Walz . Name. Image.
Apr 29, 2013 · MacAulay Steenson: First Ladies of Minnesota. MacAulay Steenson is a junior at St. Thomas, majoring in Art History and currently spending her fall semester studying abroad in Paris. She is also an active member of the Department of Art History, working for our Visual Resources Library.
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To date there have been no female governors of the State of Minnesota, and all first spouses have been first ladies. The spouse of the governor of Minnesota is given an honorary position, styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the State of Minnesota.
Feb 8, 2019 · Minnesota's first first lady since 2010, Gwen Walz is taking on a big role. She's aiming to be unlike any other first lady in state history, with an office in the Capitol and an ambitious...
- Julia B Nelson
- Marie Bottineau Baldwin
- Dr. Martha Ripley
- Nellie Griswold Francis
Suffragist and a ‘founding mother’ of Minnesota. “As a law-abiding citizen and taxpayer and one who has given all she could give to the support of this Government, I have a right to be heard.” – Julia B. Nelson, in testimony before the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, 1886
Pioneering Indigenous legal leader and activist in Minnesota. “The trouble in this Indian question which I meet again and again is that it is not the Indian who needs to be educated so constantly up to the white man, but that the white man needs to be educated to the Indian.” – Marie Bottineau Baldwin, quoted in “Indian Women the First Suffragists ...
Suffragist and pioneer of medicine and women’s health in Minnesota. One of the first female doctors in the state of Minnesota and established the Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis.
An African American suffragist and Civil Rights pioneer in Minnesota. “Your children will reap the harvest of our solidarity — of our determination to stand together, to fight together, and, if needs be, to die together.” – Nellie Griswold Francis, from a speech published in The Appeal, May 7, 1921 MinneHistoryis a series of short-form spots on Min...
Mar 15, 2024 · Facebook Twitter. By Pete Lewis | National Archives News. WASHINGTON, March 7, 2024 – First Ladies have always been prominent figures in the political and social life of the United States.
Territorial First Ladies . Anna Jenks Ramsey 1849-1853 Martha Gorman 1853-1857 Eliza Medary 1857-1858 . State First Ladies
