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Ruth Ann Minner (née Coverdale; January 17, 1935 – November 4, 2021) was an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 72nd governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009. She previously served in the Delaware General Assembly from 1975 to 1993, and as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Delaware from 1993 to 2001.
Nov 10, 2021 · Ruth Ann Minner, who was raised by a sharecropper and dropped out of high school but went on to become the first and only woman to serve as governor of Delaware, died on Thursday at the Delaware...
Nov 4, 2021 · Ruth Ann Minner, Delaware's first and only female governor whose life was marked by her hardscrabble upbringing and trailblazing political success, has died at 86. No cause of death...
Dec 27, 2021 · When Gov. Ruth Ann Minner died in November at the age of 86, she was remembered as a trailblazer, though that was never the thing she ran on.
Nov 4, 2021 · Delaware’s first and only female governor, Ruth Ann Minner, passed away Thursday. She was 86. Minner served two terms as governor from 2001 through 2009. Gov. John Carney, who served as Minner’s Lt. Governor, called Minner a “trailblazer” and an inspiration for young women.
Nov 4, 2021 · DOVER, Del. (CBS/AP) -- Ruth Ann Minner, Delaware's first and only female governor, has died. Minner was elected governor in 2000 and served until 2009. Gov. John Carney, who was lieutenant...
Nov 5, 2021 · Ruth Ann Minner, a sharecropper’s daughter who became the only woman to serve as Delaware’s governor, has died. She was 86. Minner passed away Thursday morning, Nov. 4, 2021 according to Agriculture Secretary Michael Scuse, a close friend who once served as her chief of staff. (AP Photo/Suchat Pederson, File) Read More. By Randall Chase.
