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Early years. Lurleen Brigham Burns was born to Henry Burns and the former Estelle Burroughs of Fosters in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on September 19, 1926. She graduated in 1942 from Tuscaloosa County High School at the age of fifteen.
Mar 15, 2024 · Lurleen often went fishing her father and older brother Cecil and developed a lifelong passion for the hobby. After graduating from Tuscaloosa County High School in 1942, the attractive, green-eyed, and slightly built teenager began working as a sales clerk in a local dime store, where she soon met George Wallace.
Jan 16, 2021 · She graduated high school at only 15 years old and went to work at Kresge’s Five and Dime. It was there she met law school graduate George Wallace, who was serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps, a...
Jun 11, 2013 · On June 11, 1963, Gov. George Wallace stood at the University of Alabama to block two black students attempting to cross the color line and register for classes. The event forever associated him...
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Lurleen Wallace was elected governor in 1966, succeeding her husband, who had reached the limit for consecutive terms. She focused on improving education and healthcare in Alabama, advocating for state-funded programs despite limited resources.
Wallace was born on September 19, 1926, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. After graduating from high school, she worked for a year until marrying George Wallace in 1943. She spent the next 20 years as a homemaker until becoming first lady of Alabama in 1963.
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She graduated from Tuscaloosa Business College and worked in a Tuscaloosa dime store where she met George C. Wallace. Sixteen-year-old Lurleen married Wallace on May 22, 1943, and devoted herself to being a housewife and mother over the next 20 years.
