Jane Swift Papers 1988-2008

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Jane Swift Papers 1988-2008

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Just 36 years of age, Jane Swift became Acting Governor of Massachusetts in 2001, the first and only woman to hold that office, the youngest woman governor in U.S. history, and the only one to give birth while in office. A native of North Adams, Swift served as a Republican in the state Senate from 1990-1996, becoming widely known for her role in passing the Education Reform Act of 1993. Defeated in a bid to represent the 1st District in the U.S. Congress, she served in the William Weld administration before earning election as Lieutenant Governor in 1998, rising to the governorship three years later when Paul Cellucci resigned to become Ambassador to Canada. Swift's tenure in office is remembered both for her calm management of the fallout from the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and for a series of controversies that ultimately cost her political support. Trailing eventual nominee Mitt Romney in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary, Swift abandoned her campaign. Returning home to Williamstown, she has been involved in several educational initiatives, including serving as Director of Sally Ride Science and a lecturer in Leadership Studies at Williams College. Since July 2011, she has served as CEO of Middlebury Interactive Languages. She remains active in Republican politics. Centered on her political career, Jane Swift's Papers provide insight into her experiences as governor of Massachusetts with content ranging from policy briefings to topical files, technical reports, economic and budgetary information, correspondence, legal filings, and transition reports at the time of leaving office. The visual documentation of Swift's time in office includes a wide range of photographs and videotapes. There is comparatively little material is available to document Swift's time in the state senate.

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Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries

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