Talk:List of female governors in the United States

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Timeline

Do we need a timeline anymore? It may have served a purpose when there were few female governors, but now it seems redundant.Memworking (talk) 19:41, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2006 cleanup efforts

Hello Wikipedians (I hope that's the right term.) I just corrected the female governors page, twice, by adding Kay Orr's bar in the graph and changing "Twenty eight" to "Twenty nine" at the top. I've seen many errors in the past -- mainly just typos, which is good -- but this was my first attempt at a Wiki correction and I hope I did it right. The results seem to indicate so.

I have not logged in or created an account, and at the moment do not even see how to do so, though I suppose it's here. If there's any real reason to do so in future, I will.

I use Wikipedia occasionally and thank all who work on it. I'm amazed by how high on the Google hit list the Wiki article seems to be for nearly any inquiry.

After two years of cataloging uncorrected factual errors in The Washington Post -- many hundreds of them! -- I (and the few others who've seen the files) think I'm probably the best editor of the type in America, and I wish I had a condign outlet for these skills. I can tell you they make no friends among those committing the errors, in the establishment, who are trying to cover up their incompetence.

69.143.9.5 18:43, 27 December 2006 (UTC)Mark Powell Arlington, Va. mwpsky@yahoo.com[reply]

Misleading

Miriam Ferguson, first (and second) Governor of Texas, is listed for both her terms (1925-1927 & 1933-1935), but her comments list appears to say the only reason she was elected the second time was because of her husband James Edward Ferguson who was impeached. But James Ferguson was Governor from 1915-1917, so it wasn't a lineage, she was elected of her own right. I'm looking for a consensus before I change the notes. Leobold1 (talk) 02:07, 21 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There is sooooo many things that you need to add!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.190.30.155 (talk) 17:44, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Miriam Ferguson's first campaign was an open effort to avenge the impeachment of her husband, who was barred from holding office again. At most campaign stops, she would make a few comments, then introduce her husband, who might speak for two hours. After she was inaugurated, the two had desks side by side in the capitol building.

During the campaign for her second term, she was much more on her own, and could probably be said to have been elected of her own right. <for source see Paulissen & McQueary, "Miriam, the Southern Belle Who Became the First Woman Governor of Texas"Eakin Press. 1995>

Now a question--Wyoming had the first woman to serve as governor because of the earlier inauguration date, but was Texas the first to elect a woman governor since the polls likely closed one hour earlier in Texas than in Wyoming? Kradde821 (talk) 22:44, 21 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Vesta M. Roy and Jane Swift

Jane Swift and Vesta Roy were never Governors. They were Lieutenant Governors their entire terms, merely discharging gubernatorial powers & duties as Acting Governors. GoodDay (talk) 16:03, 1 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Clarify: Roy wasn't Lieutenant Governor at the time, as New Hampshire doesn't have that office. GoodDay (talk) 01:53, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I moved Roy to a footnote. Knope7 (talk) 01:01, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

North Carolina

Why is NC a different shade of blue on the map? There doesn't appear to be anything different about it, and the color isnt on the legend. 161.130.178.151 (talk) 00:16, 14 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's because the image was made after Perdue was elected, but before she took office. When she was just the governor-elect. It needs to be updated. -LtNOWIS (talk) 00:44, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

sources

Where are the sources for this information? Kimberlyann379 (talk) 16:35, 25 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Candidates

Might be too many to expand this list, but it would be interesting to know. First was Elizabeth Upham Yates, a Democrat who ran against Emery J. San Souci in Rhode Island in 1920. Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 06:17, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, I guess it was Socialist Anna Agnes Maley who ran against Ernest Lister in Washington in 1912. Шизомби (Sz) (talk) 06:43, 3 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a list of Women Candidates For Governor 1970-2010 Major Party Nominees. I'll try to find some information for before 1970 and for third party candidates. Mtminchi08 (talk) 12:25, 5 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Map is badly wrong

NM has (as of just now) had two female governors (the current one, and one a long time ago who was only in office two weeks or so), but the state is not colored on the map. The legend/key also says that grey is the color for states with no female governors ever, but the map actually uses white. And so on. There are other errors. Since it is providing false information, I'm commented it out until it's replaced with a corrected one. I'd do it, but I don't have any good vector graphics editing tools on this machine. — SMcCandlish Talk⇒ ʕ(^Õل^ō)ˀ Contribs. 06:46, 5 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ross vs Ferguson

Am I missing something? The lead currently says both that Ross was elected first, and Ferguson was elected one day before her. These statements can not both be true. -- Kendrick7^talk 19:34, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

you might find some more details in Miriam A. Ferguson#1924 election and first term. seems like this needs to be clarified a bit here. Frietjes (talk) 19:46, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

and a source here. Frietjes (talk) 19:49, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I revised the article (and added a citation) to clarify that, although Ferguson was elected first, Ross assumed office before her. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.108.236.204 (talk) 03:08, 19 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Puerto Rico Is Not A State, Uh, Yet.

At present the article reads a clumsy "As of January 3, 2013, thirty-six women have served or are serving as the governor of a U.S. state (including one from the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)."

I suggest "As of January 3, 2013, thirty-five women have served or are serving as governors of a U.S. states and one of the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico."

If somebody wants thirty-five governors somehow to be singular, they're beyond my saving; and I tend to capitalize State, but only when I'm in an American enough mood to spell "capitalize" with the letter zed. Lower case, as is, is fine with me.

It's not clear why Puerto Rico is in here at all. This naturally leaves us wondering how many there have been in the Virgin Islands, and what else there is out there that has governors. It's a pity these territorial governors are generally elected now, since the Guano Island Act would seem the right sort of legislation for looking after the appointment of washed up old politicians.

This revision is going to take some real work if Garcia Lorca ends up still British but governed by a female American Commander-in-Chief.

DavidLJ (talk) 21:57, 25 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Map

The male/female map needs updating, as Hassan has resigned as New Hampshire governor. GoodDay (talk) 03:29, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@GoodDay:

Done. MB298 (talk) 04:41, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Howdy @MB298:, it still looks 'pink'. GoodDay (talk) 04:43, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@GoodDay: try reloading the page. MB298 (talk) 04:44, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Still pink. Maybe it'll show blue later. GoodDay (talk) 04:48, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@GoodDay: Try purging your cache. MB298 (talk) 05:16, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Got it. Browser needed to be cleared up. GoodDay (talk) 05:20, 4 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The maps used in this article need to be updated to reflect Kim Reynolds's swearing-in as the first woman Governor of Iowa in May, 2017.--TommyBoy (talk) 22:14, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

@TommyBoy:

Done You may need to refresh the page to see the change. Corkythehornetfan (ping me) 22:33, 24 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

New York needs to be turned pink now that Hochul is governor. Oooooooseven (talk) 04:15, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Pregnancy Section

While it is interesting to know that some of the women were pregnant during their service, I do not believe it is conducive to this article. Personal health and family information and would be better served under the individual bio and/or a separate article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GesikaMarie (talk • contribs) 16:28, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

GesikaMarie (talk) 18:24, 28 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agree. It’s irrelevant to the topic and I don’t get why it’s on there. Can Wikipedia explain ? TheRightofHerWay (talk) 04:29, 9 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Vesta Roy

The list on this page is titled "List of female state governors and acting governors."

Roy is listed as "Vesta M. Roy (acting)" on the government almanac of the State of New Hampshire, found here.[1] Though her own Wikipedia page states she never took the oath of office, so as to avoid having to give up her state Senate seat, it seems to me that New Hampshire listing her as they do should warrant her being included on this page. Also, the Notes column for Jeanne Shaheen goes out of its way to point out she was the first female elected Governor of New Hampshire, implying there was a non-elected predecessor; Note "[b]" even calls Roy Acting Governor.

What am I missing as to why she is not included in the list? HidyHoTim (talk) 05:36, 15 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vesta Roy was indeed Acting Governor, while the office of governor was briefly vacant. GoodDay (talk) 18:33, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@HidyHoTim:, Roy has been re-added. GoodDay (talk) 06:54, 6 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Puerto Rico

Map needs update, as Puerto Rico now has a male as governor. GoodDay (talk) 18:34, 2 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Map update

So is anyone gonna update the map in the article since New York got its first female Governor?

Giving birth in office

Both Jane Swift and Sarah Palin are listed as the first governor to give birth while in office. They can't both be first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.124.210 (talk) 23:39, 1 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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