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Rose Mofford
Rose Mofford


Rose Mofford served as the governor of Arizona from 1988-1991, the first female governor of Arizona. Mofford had a 51-year career in state government, from her first position as a secretary to her term as governor. Mofford was born in Globe, Arizona, on June 10, 1922. After high school, she worked as a secretary, first in the Arizona state treasurer's office and then the Tax Commission, and then was the business manager for Arizona Highways magazine for several years. She became assistant secretary of state in 1953, a position she […]
Barbara Roberts
Barbara Roberts


Barbara Roberts served as governor of Oregon from 1991-1995, the first woman to hold this position and the only one until the 2016 election of Kate Brown. Roberts was born on December 21, 1936, in Corvallis, Oregon. She became an advocate for special-needs children after the diagnosis of her son in 1962, and successfully lobbied the Oregon State Legislature to require public schools to guarantee educational rights to special-needs children in 1971. In 1973, Roberts was elected to Parkrose (Ore.) School Board. She also served as Multnomah County Commissioner in […]
Natalie Tennant
Natalie Tennant


Natalie Tennant was the secretary of state of West Virginia from 2009 - 2017 and was the 2014 Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia. The seat was open after incumbent Democrat Jay Rockefeller announced his retirement. Tennant lost in the general election to U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito. Tennant was born on December 25, 1967 and raised in Fairview, West Virginia. She earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from West Virginia University and a master's degree in corporate and organizational communication from West Virginia University. At WVU, […]