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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.
Gwen Walz is Minnesota’s 39th First Lady. As a lifelong Minnesotan, she is proud to work on behalf of all Minnesotans. Gwen was born in Glencoe, Minnesota, and grew up in western Minnesota.
Feb 8, 2019 · Minnesota has been without a first lady since 2010 when voters elected Mark Dayton, who was the first unmarried governor in nearly 100 years.
Did you know that the pink and white lady slipper is Minnesota’s state flower? This delicate and beautiful flower has been a symbol of the North Star State since 1902. Minnesota Statutes 1902 section 1.142 spells out its adoption.
- 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...
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.
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.
