Harriett Woods, Missouri's first woman lieutenant governor, dies at 79

Saturday, February 10, 2007

ST. LOUIS -- Former Lt. Gov. Harriett Woods, an activist Democrat who championed other women politicians after becoming the first elected to statewide office in Missouri, has died of leukemia. She was 79.

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