Ann Richards was an American Democratic politician who served as governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. Born Dorothy Ann Willis in Lakeview, Texas, in 1933, she became known as Ann while in high school. She gained national attention for her keynote speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, where she joked that Republican presidential candidate George H.W. Bush had been “born with a silver foot in his mouth.” During her political career, she supported civil rights and promoted what she called the “New Texas.”
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