Minner, Ruth Ann (1935–)
Minner, Ruth Ann (1935–)
American politician. Born Jan 17, 1935, in Slaughter Neck, Sussex Co., Delaware; dau. of a sharecropper; m. Frank Ingram (died 1967); m. Roger Minner, 1969 (died 1991); children: 3 sons.
Widowed with 3 sons (1967), landed a receptionist's job in the office of the Delaware governor; as a Democrat, spent 18 years in the state legislature; served as lieutenant governor (1993–2001); became the 1st woman governor of Delaware (2001).
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