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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Miriam Ferguson #146138 08/08/05 04:26 AM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta B Bingley OP Carpal Tunnel OP Bingley Carpal Tunnel B Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 3,065 Jakarta Something's just struck me about Anu's explanation of his theme last week. When did women in the US get the vote? And who was the first woman governor of a state? Surely, if Miriam Ferguson was governor of Texas in the 1920s, she must have been among the first, if not the first. Bingley Bingley Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Miriam Ferguson #146139 08/08/05 10:27 AM Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 P plutarch veteran plutarch veteran P Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,385 Looks like "Ma" Ferguson became the second woman governor in U.S. history. Wyoming's Nellie Ross beat her out by 15 days. And Miriam Ferguson was more of an uxgovernor than a governor in her own right, it would seem, based on her promise that "if elected she would follow the advice of her husband and that Texas thus would gain "two governors for the price of one." The Handbook of Texas Online Mrs. Ferguson served as the first lady of Texas during the gubernatorial terms of her husband (1915-17), who was impeached during his second administration. When James Ferguson failed to get his name on the ballot in 1924, Miriam entered the race for the Texas governorship. Before announcing for office, she had devoted her energies almost exclusively to her husband and two daughters. This fact, and the combination of her first and middle initials, led her supporters to call her "Ma" Ferguson. She quickly assured Texans that if elected she would follow the advice of her husband and that Texas thus would gain "two governors for the price of one." Inaugurated fifteen days after Wyoming's Nellie Ross, Miriam Ferguson became the second woman governor in United States history. http://snipurl.com/gsme On November 2, 1920, over 8 million American women voted for the first time in history. http://snipurl.com/gsmr Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Voting women #146140 08/08/05 11:33 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Here's a brief history of women's suffrage in the US. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAsuffrage.htm The vote came piecemeal to women, state by state, up until the passage of the 19th Amendment. TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Miriam Ferguson #146141 08/08/05 03:53 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky In 1869, Wyoming's territorial legislature became the first government in the world to grant "female suffrage" by enacting a bill granting Wyoming women the right to vote. The act was signed into law on December 10 of that year by Governor A.J. Campbell. From: http://wyoming.gov/state/wyoming_news/general/history.asp Woman elected governor of a state: Nellie Tayloe Ross, Wyoming, 1925. From: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0194050.html Inaugurated fifteen days after Wyoming's Nellie Ross, Miriam Ferguson became the second woman governor in United States history. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/FF/ffe6.html There ya go. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,322 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 501 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 25 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 tsuwm 10,542 wofahulicodoc 10,535 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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