ruth, meiers, november, 1925, march, 1987, first, female, lieutenant, governor, north, dakota, became, 33rd, lieutenant, governor, 1985, meiers, diagnosed, with, lung, brain, cancer, 1986, died, office, months, later, march, 1987, hospitality, house, named, ho. Ruth Meiers November 6 1925 March 19 1987 1 was the first female Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota She became the 33rd Lieutenant Governor in 1985 Meiers was diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in 1986 and died in office six months later in March 1987 The Ruth Meiers Hospitality House is named in her honor Meiers was a social worker in Mountrail County North Dakota In 1974 Meiers served in the North Dakota House of Representatives as a Democrat 2 Ruth Meiers33rd Lieutenant Governor of North DakotaIn office January 1 1985 March 19 1987GovernorGeorge A SinnerPreceded byErnest SandsSucceeded byLloyd OmdahlPersonal detailsBorn 1925 11 06 November 6 1925DiedMarch 19 1987 1987 03 19 aged 61 Party political officesPreceded byWayne Sanstead Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota1984 Succeeded byLloyd OmdahlPolitical officesPreceded byErnest Sands Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota1985 1987 Succeeded byLloyd OmdahlSee also editList of female lieutenant governors in the United StatesReferences edit Alan Ehrenhalt ed 1985 North Dakota Legislative Manual Congressional Quarterly Press ISBN 0871873753 Lieut Governor Ruth Meiers of North Dakota Dies The New York Times AP March 21 1987 Retrieved November 21 2013 External links editChronology of North Dakota in the 1980s Ruth Meiers Hospitality House nbsp nbsp This article about a North Dakota politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ruth Meiers amp oldid 1128797835, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
