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Jan 19, 2016 · Inauguration. Lurleen Wallace, the first female governor elected in the deep South, was sworn in on Jan. 16, 1967. She did not hold the traditional inaugural ball out of respect for those...
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.
Lurleen Burns Wallace was elected Alabama's first woman governor and the third woman governor in the nation in 1966. The next year she was named one of the Ten Most Admired Women of the World. Mental health facilities in Alabama became one of her primary interests after a visit to Bryce Hospital and Partlow State School in Tuscaloosa, and to ...
May 7, 2009 · May 7, 1968: Alabama's Lurleen Wallace (D), who ran for governor and won in 1966 as a surrogate for her husband, George -- who was barred by state law from seeking re-election -- dies of...
Gov. Lurleen Burns Wallace. Terms January 15, 1967 - May 6, 1968. Party Democratic. Born September 18, 1926. Passed May 6, 1968. Birth State Alabama. School Tuscaloosa Business College. Family Married George Wallace; four children. Status Died in office.
Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through TimesMachine. MONTGOMERY, Ala., Tuesday, May 7 -- Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace died early today of cancer. She was 41...
May 20, 2023 · It was 55 years ago, in May 1968, that our first female governor, Lurleen Wallace, died. She was a genuinely humble person. Lurleen Wallace was very popular. The state fell in love with...
