After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels. - Ann Richards

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After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.

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Dorothy Ann Willis Richards (September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician from Texas. She first came to national attention as the witty keynote speaker at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Considered the first woman elected Governor of Texas in her own right, she served in that post from 1991 to 1995; she was defeated for re-election in 1994 by George W. Bush.

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Alternative Names: Dorothy Ann Richards Dorothy Ann Willis Ann Willis Ann Willis Richards Dorothy Ann Willis Richards
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Oh, absolutely. No question about it. And the state of Texas, when I was governor, we built an awful lot of prisons. And to be frank with you, I made a deal, and the deal was that I would help pass the legislation and be for building a lot more prisons in Texas if I could get rehab programs for people who were alcoholics and drug abusers because I knew that over 80 percent of the crime committed in Texas was committed by people under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

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