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Lurleen Burns Wallace (born Lurleen Brigham Burns; September 19, 1926 – May 7, 1968) was an American politician who served as the 46th governor of Alabama for 16 months from January 16, 1967, until her death on May 7, 1968.
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Mar 15, 2024 · She became a candidate in her own right, taking note of important people, shaking hands with voters, and making promises. In an almost unprecedented demonstration of popularity, Lurleen Wallace won the Democratic primary without a runoff.
Let’s take a moment to remember Alabama’s first female governor, Lurleen Wallace, and the odd and tragic story that surrounded her governorship.
Jan 16, 2021 · 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 serving in Vietnam...
May 7, 2018 · Remembering Lurleen Wallace 50 years after her deathSubscribe to WVTM on YouTube now for more:http://bit.ly/1Mk7Z2IGet more Birmingham news: http://wvtm13.co...
May 7, 2009 · 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 cancer....
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.
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.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Tuesday, May 7 -- Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace died early today of cancer. She was 41 years old. View Full Article in Timesmachine »
May 20, 2023 · Lurleen Wallace’s landslide victory in May 1966 was astonishing. She set records for vote-getting, some of which still stand today. She defeated nine opponents, all men, without a runoff.
