Ruth Meiers

Ruth Meiers

Ruth Meiers, (1925–1987), was the first female Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota. She became Lieutenant Governor in 1984. Meiers was diagnosed with lung and brain cancer in 1986; and, she died in office six months later in March 1987. The Ruth Meiers Hospitality House is named in her honor.

External links

* [http://www.state.nd.us/hist/chrono.htm#1980 Chronology of North Dakota in the 1980s]
* [http://www.rmhh.org/ Ruth Meiers Hospitality House]


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