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25 de abr. de 2022 · Wallace's end-run around this obstacle was to have his wife, Lurleen, run for governor in 1966. She was elected on a platform of giving Alabamians the "same type of government you have experienced ...
Lurleen Brigham Burns-Wallace (19 September 1926 – 7 May 1968) was Governor of Alabama from 16 January 1967 to 7 May 1968, succeeding George Wallace and preceding Albert Brewer. Lurleen was George Wallace's wife and a former First Lady of Alabama, and she was elected Governor by her husband's supporters after gubernatorial term limits forbade Wallace from running for a second consecutive term.
20 de may. de 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.
Lurleen Burns Wallace: The Power of the First Lady Governor introduces the political landscape of Alabama politics through the 1960s. It recognizes the limited role women played in state politics and establishes the historical climate and tenuous politics through which Lurleen would later overcome in her landmark election.
19 de ene. de 2016 · 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.
30 de ago. de 2012 · Taken from a variety of archival sources, this video includes the announcement of the death of Alabama Gov. Lurleen B. Wallace on May 7, 1968, footage from t...
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7 de may. de 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. She was 41 ...
