Kathleen Marie Blanco (née Babineaux; December 15, 1942 – August 18, 2019) was an American politician who served as the 54th governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2008. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first and, to date, only woman elected as the state's governor.

2019年12月29日 · Kathleen Blanco was a popular, can-do governor cruising to reelection when Hurricane Katrina swamped New Orleans on August 29, 2005. Within two weeks, her reputation was in tatters. Operating on...

2019年8月19日 · BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state's first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, has died.

2019年8月19日 · BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Even after Hurricane Katrina ended her political career and as cancer ate away her strength, former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco still described her life as “charmed.” With strength in her faith and her family, the state’s first elected female governor time and again refused to wallow in disappointment or disaster.

2019年8月18日 · BATON ROUGE, La. — Former Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who became the state's first female elected governor only to see her political career derailed by Hurricane Katrina, has...

2019年8月19日 · Kathleen Blanco, the first and only female governor of Louisiana, who led the state when the devastating Hurricane Katrina drowned much of New Orleans, died Sunday in hospice two years...

2019年8月18日 · Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, the Louisiana governor whose single term in office was overwhelmed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when she earned a mix of criticism and praise for her response to it,...

Kathleen Babineaux Blanco is the first woman to be elected governor of Louisiana. In her long career of public service, she has distinguished herself and her state in a variety of positions of ever-increasing responsibility.

Elected as Louisiana’s first woman governor in 2004, Blanco’s administration was committed to raising the standards of education in the state. She chaired the Southern Regional Education Board and made Louisiana a leader in improved educational standards throughout the South.

2019年8月18日 · Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana's first female governor who oversaw the state during the strikes and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, died Sunday afternoon. According to her...