The Public Papers of Governor Martha Layne Collins, 1983-1987

By Martha Layne Collins

This volume presents the important speeches and correspondence of Governor Martha Layne Collins, the only woman to be elected governor of Kentucky. Papers from state archives chronicle the agenda and rhetoric that Collins, a former schoolteacher, used to accomplish her intertwined goals of education reform and economic development. Also included are Collins's letters to automobile makers urging them to consider Kentucky as a manufacturing site and her triumphant announcement that Toyota had sel

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813106087
• ISBN13: 9780813106083
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 676 Pages
• Weight: 2.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher