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Ruth Meiers
Ruth
Meiers
was 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
.