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Lurleen Burns Wallace (1926-1968) was Alabama’s 46th governor, serving from 1967-68. Although she was largely elected to provide an unofficial second term to her husband, George C. Wallace, Lurleen Wallace was much beloved by the state’s citizenry and elected with an overwhelming majority.
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...
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 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...
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.
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.
Jul 21, 2020 · Lurleen Wallace | Archives of Women's Political Communication. Lurleen Burns Wallace served as governor of Alabama from January 1967 until her death in May 1968, the first female governor of the state. She succeeded her husband, George Wallace, in office.
