"Pelosi became the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives; she held the position for just under four years. In 2008, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton became the first woman to win a presidential primary, winning the New Hampshire Democratic primary although polls had predicted she would lose. She eventually lost the Democratic nomination for President to Barack Obama, who went on to become President; however, Hillary Clinton did receive 18 million votes. In 2008, Alaska governor Sarah Palin became the first woman nominated for Vice President by the Republican Party, although she was not elected. In 2009, and"
"Neva Egan Desdia Neva Egan (October 3, 1914 – January 19, 2011) was an American educator who served as the first First Lady of Alaska from the state's creation in 1959 to 1966, and again from 1970 to 1974. Egan was the wife of the state of Alaska's first governor, William Allen Egan, and the mother of former Juneau Mayor and Alaska State Senator Dennis Egan. Egan was born Desdia Neva McKittrick on October 3, 1914, in Wilson, Kansas. She was the third of five children born to Joseph Leland McKittrick and Martha Desdia Alderson McKittrick. McKittrick worked at her"
"7.0 magnitude earthquake on November 30, 2018. No members of the Palin family were injured. Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin (; née Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality, who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 election alongside presidential nominee, Arizona Senator John McCain, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major political party and the first Republican woman selected as a vice presidential candidate."
"2009, she was named to the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Mildred Hermann Mildred Robinson Hermann (February 28, 1891 – March 16, 1964) was an American lawyer. She was the first woman lawyer in Juneau, Alaska. Hermann has been called the ""Queen Mother of the Alaskan Statehood,"" due to her leadership in Alaska becoming a state. She was a signer of the Alaska State Constitution. In 2009, she was named to the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Mildred Robinson was born in 1891 in Indiana. She moved to Alaska in 1919. Hermann would testify on Capitol Hill on behalf of"
"Grace Berg Schaible Grace Berg Schaible (November 28, 1925 – June 9, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1987, she became Alaska's first female state attorney general, serving from 1987 to 1989. She also served as the chair of the Alaska Permanent Fund. Grace Lucile Berg was the daughter of immigrant parents. Her father, Hans A. Berg, was from Otteren (near Davik), Nordfjord, Norway. Her mother, Mandis, hailed from a village near Lindesberg, Sweden. Both arrived in the United States separately in 1910. When her mother was seven months pregnant, she left the Alaska Territory and moved to"
"Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin (; née Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality, who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2008 election alongside presidential nominee, Arizona Senator John McCain, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major political party and the first Republican woman selected as a vice presidential candidate. Her book ""Going Rogue"" has sold more than two million copies. She was elected to"
"Mildred Hermann Mildred Robinson Hermann (February 28, 1891 – March 16, 1964) was an American lawyer. She was the first woman lawyer in Juneau, Alaska. Hermann has been called the ""Queen Mother of the Alaskan Statehood,"" due to her leadership in Alaska becoming a state. She was a signer of the Alaska State Constitution. In 2009, she was named to the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Mildred Robinson was born in 1891 in Indiana. She moved to Alaska in 1919. Hermann would testify on Capitol Hill on behalf of Alaska Statehood in 1950. She died in Juneau in 1964. In"
"Ermalee Hickel Ermalee Hickel (September 11, 1925 – September 14, 2017) was an American public figure and philanthropist who served as the second and seventh First Lady of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and again from 1990 to 1994. She was the wife of the former Governor of Alaska Wally Hickel and one of the last members of Alaska's generation of pioneer political families. Hickel, the youngest of six children, was born Ermalee Strutz in Anchorage, Alaska, on September 11, 1925, to Aline and Louis Strutz. Her family, who had arrived as pioneers in Anchorage in 1917, settled in a"
"Fran Ulmer Frances Ann ""Fran"" Ulmer (born February 1, 1947) is an American administrator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. She served as lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1994 to 2002 under Governor Tony Knowles, becoming the first female elected to statewide office in Alaska. She later served as the Chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). Frances Ann ""Fran"" Ulmer was born in Madison, Wisconsin and grew up in Horicon, Wisconsin. Her parents owned the only funeral home in the area. Her education included a bachelor's degree with a double major in economics and political"
"the Wasilla city council in 1992 and became mayor of Wasilla in 1996. In 2003, after an unsuccessful run for lieutenant governor, she was appointed chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, responsible for overseeing the state's oil and gas fields for safety and efficiency. In 2006, she became the youngest person and the first woman to be elected Governor of Alaska. Since her resignation as governor, she has endorsed and campaigned for the Tea Party movement as well as several candidates in multiple election cycles, prominently including Donald Trump for president in 2016. From 2010 to 2015,"
"to Palmer in 1960, where they purchased the office of the Alaska Title Guaranty company, then moved to the shore of Wasilla Lake in 1963. They later divorced. She had three children, David Alexander, Susan Alexander and Mary Hurley. She was the organist for St. David's Episcopal Church in Wasilla for decades. In 2001, she received the Dot Jones award, named for the first woman mayor of the Mat-Su Borough. In 2009, she was inducted into the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Katie Hurley Olga Katherine Torkelsen ""Katie"" Hurley (born March 30, 1921), was the Secretary to Alaska Territorial Governor"
"Sean Parnell. In the November election Palin was outspent but victorious, defeating former Democratic governor Tony Knowles by a margin of 48.3% to 40.9%. She became Alaska's first female governor and, at the age of 42, the youngest governor in Alaskan history, the state's first governor to have been born after Alaska achieved U.S. statehood, and the first not to be inaugurated in Juneau (she chose to have the ceremony held in Fairbanks instead). She took office on December 4, 2006, and for most of her term was very popular with Alaska voters. Polls taken in 2007 showed her with"
"Lurleen Wallace Lurleen Burns Wallace (born Lurleen Brigham Burns; September 19, 1926 – May 7, 1968) was the 46th Governor of Alabama for fifteen months from January 1967 until her death in May 1968. She was the first wife of Alabama Governor George Wallace, whom she succeeded as governor because the Alabama constitution forbade consecutive terms. She was Alabama's first female Governor and was the only female governor to hold the position until Kay Ivey became the second woman to succeed to the office in 2017. She is also (as of 2017) the only female governor in U.S. history to"
"for Alaska's Lieutenant Governor in Alaska gubernatorial election, 2014. She was the first candidate to declare for lieutenant governor and highlighted her statewide experience. She did not run in the primary, however, and the nomination was uncontested, going to outgoing Anchorage Borough Mayor Dan Sullivan. Sullivan, paired with incumbent Governor Sean Parnell, lost in the general election. Beginning in 2013, she served as the Co-Chair of the Alaska Arctic Policy Commission. The commission was made up of 10 legislators (from the Senate and the House) and 16 subject matter experts. Over the course of two years they traveled across the"
"to dental care. In December 2014, Davidson was appointed Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services During her tenure there, the she worked on Alaska's Medicaid expansion alongside Governor Walker. On October 16, 2018, Davidson was sworn in as lieutenant governor after an emergency cabinet meeting in the wake of Byron Mallott's resignation. She is Alaska’s first female Alaska Native lieutenant governor. Upon being sworn in, she briefly became the running mate of incumbent Governor Bill Walker in his 2018 re-election campaign before he dropped out of the race on October 19. Valerie Davidson Valerie Nurr'araaluk Davidson"
"Valerie Davidson Valerie Nurr'araaluk Davidson (born May 19, 1967 in Bethel, Alaska) is an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Alaska, from October to December 2018. She was sworn in after Byron Mallott's abrupt resignation from the post on October 16, 2018. Davidson was born in Bethel, Alaska. Her mother is of Yup'ik origin, and her father is originally from Port Orchard, Washington. She grew up both in Bethel and the nearby Aniak. Davidson is an enrolled tribal member of the Orutsararmiut Native Council. In 1992, Davidson graduated from University of Alaska Southeast with a Bachelor of Education."
"the usage is limited or under monthly or unlimited plans. The Alaska attorney general clarified several ethics rules, including those related to family travel. Resignation of Sarah Palin The resignation of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska, after 2.5 years of her 4-year term, was announced on July 3, 2009 and became effective on July 26. Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell succeeded Sarah Palin as Governor. Parnell was later elected to a full term, in November 2010. Palin announced she was resigning her office due to the costs and distractions of battling ethics investigations describing the ""insane"" amount of time and"
"Irene E. Ryan Irene Esther Ryan (née Irvine; September 10, 1909 – November 23, 1997) was a geologist, aviator, and legislator during Alaska's history as both a United States territory and as a U.S. state. She was a member of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives and of the Alaska State Senate. She was instrumental in the creation of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which helped insure state revenue from oil and gas exploration done by outside entities. Ryan was involved with the creation of the Anchorage International Airport. She was the first female pilot to solo in"
"second candidacy for Governor of Alaska. He defeated incumbent Governor Bill Sheffield in the Democratic primary election on August 26, 1986. Stewart gave birth to the couple's son and only child, Wade Cowper, was born on August 29, 1986, just three days after the primary. The birth of their son attracted widespread public attention during the election campaign. Cowper won the four-way general election in November 1986. Stewart focused on literacy and rural healthcare during her four years as First Lady of Alaska. The government of Alaska was facing acute economic shortfalls during the Cowper administration, as oil prices fell"
"Edith Bullock Edith Rose Bullock (April 4, 1903 – May 8, 1994) was an American businesswoman and politician active in Alaska during its territorial and early statehood eras. She was named ""Alaskan of the Year"" in 1979, making her the first woman to be given the title. Bullock was also the first woman to be named to the Alaska Chamber of Commerce. In 2009, she was named to the inaugural induction class of the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Edith Bullock was born in Red Lodge, Montana and grew up in Everett and Prosser, Washington. She came to the territory"
"to see the governor walk out with her family and I say, wow, I work for her."" Alaskan State Senate President Lyda Green, a Republican who had repeatedly sparred with Palin after she became governor, remarked, ""She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?"" Larry Persily, a Palin staffer, and Jim Whitaker, the Republican mayor of Fairbanks, indicated their support of Palin as governor, but questioned whether she was ready to serve as vice president. Other Alaskan politicians, such as Republican Gail Phillips, expressed surprise. Kari Sleight, publisher of the ""Mat-Su"
"Frank Murkowski. Republican U.S. Senator Ted Stevens made a last-moment endorsement, filming a television commercial with Palin for the gubernatorial campaign. During her campaign for governor, Palin declared that education, public safety, and transportation would be the three cornerstones of her administration. She won the race despite spending less than her Democratic opponent. Palin became Alaska's first female governor and, at 42, the youngest in state history. She is the first Alaskan governor born after Alaska achieved U.S. statehood and the first governor not inaugurated in Juneau; she chose to have the ceremony in Fairbanks instead. She took office on"
"Administration. She was the first woman to be admitted to the Alaska Bar Association. In 1946, she started working in Cordova, Alaska as Justice of the Peace and a commissioner. She served in that position until 1948. She relocated to Anchorage, Alaska and ran a law firm from 1950 until 1955. That year, she served as a delegate at the Alaska Constitutional Convention, alongside Helen Fischer. In 1956, she got married to Ragnar Haaland. In 1957 she served one term in, and the final year of, the Alaska Territorial Legislature. She became assistant Alaska Attorney General in 1960. She retired"
"she was named to the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Jean Frances Howard Jean Frances Howard (born 20th century) is an American law enforcement officer. She was the first female state trooper in Alaska and the ""first unrestricted state officer in the United States"". In 2009, she was named to the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Howard was a dental assistant working in Grants Pass, Oregon, before she relocated to Alaska. In February 1968, Howard was working as a dispatcher for the Alaska Department of Public Safety. Alaska required that a state trooper execute driving tests for individuals interested in"
"Governorship of Sarah Palin In 2006, Sarah Palin was elected governor of Alaska. Running on a clean-government platform, Palin defeated incumbent Governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican gubernatorial primary election in August. She then went on to win the general election in November, defeating former Governor Tony Knowles 48.3% to 40.9%. Her running mate was State Senator Sean Parnell. During the Republican gubernatorial primary campaign, Palin was endorsed by former Alaska Governor Walter Hickel, and groups such as the Alaska Correctional Officers Association and Alaska Right to Life. Later, in the general election for governor, she was supported by Governor"
"of Alaska in 1939, initially settling in Nome. In 1951, she co-founded the B & R Tug and Barge Company in Kotzebue. She would manage, and then be president of, the company. It became the largest firm of its type located north of the Arctic Circle. She served in the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives and the Alaska Territorial Senate, as a Republican. She served the terms of 1953-1956 in the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives and then served in the Alaska Territorial Senate in 1957-1958. She also became the first woman to serve on the Alaska Chamber of Commerce."
"a partner. For nine years she simultaneously served as general counsel for Arctic Slope Regional Corporation. In 1987, newly elected Governor Steve Cowper appointed Schaible to the post of state Attorney General, making her the first female attorney general in the state's history. She served in that capacity until 1989. Other positions she held include chair of the Alaska Permanent Fund, the first female to do so. In 2009, Schaible was inducted into the inaugural class of the Alaska Women's Hall of Fame. Grace Berg Schaible Grace Berg Schaible (November 28, 1925 – June 9, 2017) was an American lawyer"
"and Reynolds are Republicans, while Brown and Raimondo are Democrats. All five territorial governors are male; the mayor of Washington, D.C. is female. Thirty-eight women have been or are currently serving as the governor, including two in an acting capacity. The first female governor was Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming (widow of the late Wyoming Governor William B. Ross) who was elected on November 4, 1924 and sworn in on January 5, 1925 succeeding Frank Lucas. Also elected on November 4, 1924 was Miriam A. Ferguson of Texas (wife of former Texas Governor James E. Ferguson), succeeding Pat Morris Neff"
"Resignation of Sarah Palin The resignation of Sarah Palin as Governor of Alaska, after 2.5 years of her 4-year term, was announced on July 3, 2009 and became effective on July 26. Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell succeeded Sarah Palin as Governor. Parnell was later elected to a full term, in November 2010. Palin announced she was resigning her office due to the costs and distractions of battling ethics investigations describing the ""insane"" amount of time and money that both she and the state of Alaska had expended responding to ""frivolous"" legal ethics complaints filed against her. She said the state"
"are Ella Grasso Boulevard in New Britain and Ella T. Grasso Boulevard (often referred to by New Haven locals simply as ""The Boulevard"") in New Haven. Ella Grasso Ella Tambussi Grasso (May 10, 1919 – February 5, 1981) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 83rd Governor of Connecticut from January 8, 1975 to December 31, 1980. She was the first woman elected to this office and the first woman to be elected governor of a U.S. state without having been the spouse or widow of a former governor. Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva"
"the Territory of Alaska Legislature had two females; Scott on the Democratic ticket and Juanita Anderson on the Independent Party ticket, competing for one of 4 available seats in the 3rd District. Alaska in territorial days had only 4 legislative districts; the 3rd District covered an area roughly from the Copper River valley and Prince William Sound west to Bristol Bay and the Aleutian Islands. In this sprawling and (at the time) sparsely populated area, Scott campaigned by piloting her plane across her district and meeting people one on one. She won election and on January 11, 1937, Scott took"
"Michael Margaret Stewart Michael Margaret Stewart, formerly Michael Cowper, (December 28, 1952 – October 22, 2015) was an American lawyer and literacy advocate. She served as the sixth First Lady of Alaska during the tenure of her former husband, Alaska Governor Steve Cowper. Stewart established and launched the state reading program, ""Look to a Book"", as First Lady. Michael Margaret Stewart was born in Paris, France, on December 28, 1952, to Margaret and Colonel William Stewart. Colonel Stewart, was a U.S. Air Force military attaché to NATO at the time, had married Margaret, who was British, in 1950, two years"
"July 2009, when Governor Palin resigned her position, Parnell became governor and finished the term of office. In 2010, Parnell won a four-year term as governor in his own right. In 2005, Parnell ran and won in the Republican primary to become lieutenant governor. Afterward, in the general election, he was paired with Sarah Palin as her running mate. In Alaska, the lieutenant governor candidates run separately from the governor candidates in the primary election race, but after the primaries, the nominees for governor and lieutenant governor run together as a slate. Palin and Parnell were elected with 48.33% of"