Ann Richards
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Women’s History
Article abstract: A longtime activist in Texas Democratic politics, Ann Richards became Texas’ second woman governor in 1990 and was the first woman to be elected to that office based on her own merit.
Early Life
Ann Richards was born Dorothy Ann Willis on September 1, 1933, in the rural Texas town of Lakeview, near Waco. Her parents, Cecil Willis and Iona Warren Willis, were children of farmers who had been part of a wave of immigration to Texas during the late nineteenth century. Cecil’s family settled on a farm in the Waco area, but Iona moved to...
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