Ella Grasso: Connecticut's Pioneering Governor

by Jon E. Purmont

Book Overview

Intimate portrait of Connecticut's first female governor

When Ella Tambussi Grasso ran for governor of Connecticut in 1974, she had not lost an election since she was first voted into the state's General Assembly in 1952. The people of Connecticut chose her as the nation's first woman to be elected governor in her own right--the capstone of a long and successful career dedicated to public service, effective government, and the democratic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819573434
• ISBN13: 9780819573438
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"