Ruth Meiers
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Ruth Meiers | |
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| 33rd Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota | |
| In office January 1, 1985 – March 19, 1987 | |
| Governor | George A. Sinner |
| Preceded by | Ernest Sands |
| Succeeded by | Lloyd Omdahl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 6, 1925 |
| Died | March 19, 1987 (aged 61) |
Ruth Meiers (November 6, 1925 – March 19, 1987)[1] was an American politician and the first female lieutenant governor of North Dakota. She became the 33rd lieutenant governor in 1985. Meiers was diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in 1986 and died in office six months later in March 1987. The Ruth Meiers Hospitality House is named in her honor. Meiers was a social worker in Mountrail County, North Dakota. In 1974, Meiers served in the North Dakota House of Representatives as a Democrat.[2]
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- 1925 births
- 1987 deaths
- People from Mountrail County, North Dakota
- Lieutenant governors of North Dakota
- Deaths from cancer in North Dakota
- Women state legislators in North Dakota
- 20th-century American women politicians
- Democratic Party members of the North Dakota House of Representatives
- 20th-century members of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly
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