Norma paulus biography
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Documenting the Life of Norma Paulus
Author Gail Wells joins us today to reflect on her and Pat McCord Amacher's work to help tell the story of Norma Paulus, the first woman to be elected to state-wide office in Oregon. The Only Woman in the Room provides an unprecedented look into Paulus's life and work-- a career in public service that spanned nearly 30 years-- with lively anecdotes that will appeal to everyone from historians to everday citizens.
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When Jennifer Viviano called me in the spring of 2013 and asked me to collaborate on a biography of her mother-in-law, Norma Paulus, I eagerly accepted. I admired Norma, and that would have been reason enough. I also relished the prospect of another tour through that brief, bright time in Oregon politics, the mid-1960s through the mid-'70s, when Governor Tom McCall and a forward-thinking legislature seemed to be moving our state into a new era of equality, prosperity and environmental health.
I came of age in Oregon during those years, a bookish, idealistic high-school girl. I'd revisited the territory four decades later when I collaborated with Betty Roberts on her autobiography, With Grit and By Grace (also part of OSU Press's Women and Politics in the Pacific Northwest series).
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Norma Paulus
American politician
Norma Paulus | |
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| In office October 1, 1990 – January 4, 1999 | |
| Governor | Neil Goldschmidt Barbara Roberts John Kitzhaber |
| Preceded by | John Erickson |
| Succeeded by | Stan Bunn |
| In office January 3, 1977 – January 7, 1985 | |
| Governor | Robert Straub Victor Atiyeh |
| Preceded by | Clay Myers |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Roberts |
| Born | Norma Jean Petersen (1933-03-13)March 13, 1933 Belgrade, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Died | February 28, 2019(2019-02-28) (aged 85) Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | William Paulus (died 1999) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Willamette University (LLB) |
Norma Jean Paulus (née Petersen; March 13, 1933 – February 28, 2019) was an American lawyer and politician in the state of Oregon. A native of Nebraska, she was raised in Eastern Oregon before becoming a lawyer. A Republican, she first held political office as a representative in the Oregon House of Representatives, and then became the first woman elected to statewide public office in Oregon when she became Oregon Secretary of State in 1977. Paulus later served as Oregon Superintendent of Public Instruction for nine years. She made unsuccessful bids to become Governor of Oregon and United St
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The Only Spouse in representation Room
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