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Jane Freeman, Minnesota first lady who helped build state's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party,dies at 96
Source: Washington Post
Jane Freeman, Minnesota first lady who helped build state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, dies at 96
By from News Services and Staff Reports March 31 at 11:27 AM
Jane Freeman, a former Minnesota first lady who helped her husband, Orville Freeman, helped build Minnesota’s modern Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, died March 23 at her home in Minneapolis. She was 96.
She had a heart ailment, said her daughter, Constance Freeman.
The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party was created by the 1944 merger of the state’s Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties. She and Orville Freeman were instrumental in its growth, along with future senator and vice president Hubert H. Humphrey.
Orville Freeman was governor from 1955 to 1961 and was U.S. agriculture secretary in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations. During her husband’s political career, Mrs. Freeman did volunteer work with the United Nations and UNICEF .
She was president of the National Girl Scout Council from 1978 to 1984 and was a past president of the Woman’s National Democratic Club.
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By from News Services and Staff Reports March 31 at 11:27 AM
Jane Freeman, a former Minnesota first lady who helped her husband, Orville Freeman, helped build Minnesota’s modern Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, died March 23 at her home in Minneapolis. She was 96.
She had a heart ailment, said her daughter, Constance Freeman.
The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party was created by the 1944 merger of the state’s Democratic and Farmer-Labor parties. She and Orville Freeman were instrumental in its growth, along with future senator and vice president Hubert H. Humphrey.
Orville Freeman was governor from 1955 to 1961 and was U.S. agriculture secretary in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations. During her husband’s political career, Mrs. Freeman did volunteer work with the United Nations and UNICEF .
She was president of the National Girl Scout Council from 1978 to 1984 and was a past president of the Woman’s National Democratic Club.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/jane-freeman-minnesota-first-lady-who-helped-build-states-democratic-farmer-labor-party-dies-at-96/2018/03/31/e527feca-3366-11e8-8abc-22a366b72f2d_story.html
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