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Miriam Amanda " Ma " Ferguson ( née Wallace; June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961) was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the governor of Texas: from 1925 to 1927, and from 1933 to 1935. She was the first female governor of Texas, and the second woman to be governor of any U.S. state, after Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming. [1]
- Miriam A. Ferguson – Wikipedia
Miriam Amanda Wallace „Ma“ Ferguson (* 13. Juni 1875 im Bell...
- Miriam A. Ferguson – Wikipedia
Miriam Amanda Wallace „Ma“ Ferguson (* 13. Juni 1875 im Bell County, Texas; † 25. Juni 1961 in Austin, Texas) war eine US-amerikanische Politikerin und zwischen 1925 und 1935 zweimal Gouverneurin des Bundesstaates Texas.
Ferguson, Miriam A. (1875–1961) Texan who was the first woman in the U.S. to be elected to a full term as a state governor. Name variations: Ma Ferguson. Born Miriam Amanda Wallace in Bell County, Texas, on June 13, 1875; died on June 25, 1961, in Austin, Texas; daughter of Joseph Lapsley and Eliza (Garrison) Wallace (well-to-do rancherfarmers);
Miriam A. Ferguson was Texas' first woman governor. She served two terms, 1925 to 1927 and 1933 to 1935. She first ran in 1924 on the platform of vindicating her husband, former Governor Jim Ferguson, who had been impeached.
Miriam Amanda Wallace "Ma" Ferguson war eine US-amerikanische Politikerin und zwischen 1925 und 1935 zweimal Gouverneurin des Bundesstaates Texas.
M. Ferguson was the first woman governor of Texas and the second woman governor in the United States. Her administration was characterized with controversy and political strife—she supported an anti-mask law against the Ku Klux Klan, only to have it overturned in court, state expenditures were slightly increased after she promised a decrease ...
Inaugurated fifteen days after Wyoming's Nellie Ross, Miriam Ferguson became the second woman governor in United States history. Political strife and controversy characterized her first administration.
