| Ana Frohmiller |
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| 1891 births | |
| frohmiller, ana | |
| 1971 deaths | |
| arizona politicians | |
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She became the first woman to serve as State Auditor , the office to which she was elected in 1930 . Frohmiller served until 1950 when she ran an unsuccessful campaign for Governor against Howard Pyle . Arizona Senator and Republican Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater wrote in his memoir ''With No Apologies'' that Frohmiller was 'an attractive lady...who had earned quite a following as a result of her long and excellent service as state auditor'. He also observed that the voters of Arizona weren't ready for a woman governor in 1950. He was right. Frohmiller lost the election to Pyle, who became the first Republican Governor Of Arizona since John Calhoun Phillips in 1928 . Frohmiller retired to Prescott , Yavapai County , AZ and died in 1971. |
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