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'''Blanche Beulah Revere Long''' (December 17, 1902 – May 11, 1998) was the First Lady of [[Louisiana]] from 1939–1940, 1948–1952, and 1956-1960. She was also a "partner in power" to her husband, Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. From 1956 to 1963, she was the [[Democratic National Committee|Democratic national committeewoman]] for Louisiana. Thereafter, in 1963-1964, she was the campaign manager of Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[John J. McKeithen]], the presumed heir to Earl Long.
'''Blanche Beulah Revere Long''' (December 17, 1902 – May 11, 1998) was the First Lady of [[Louisiana]] from 1939–1940, 1948–1952, and 1956-1960. She was also a "partner in power" to her husband, Governor [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]]. From 1956 to 1963, she was the [[Democratic National Committee|Democratic national committeewoman]] for Louisiana. Thereafter, in 1963-1964, she was the campaign manager of Democratic [[Governor|gubernatorial]] candidate [[John J. McKeithen]], the presumed heir to Earl Long.
Mrs. Long was born in Covington in St. Tammany Parish, across [[Lake Pontchartrain]] from [[New Orleans]], to Robert H. Revere and the former Beulah Talley. The Reveres were a lower middle class family, and Blanche was a public stenographer at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. She married Earl Long on August 17, 1932; they had no children. Mrs. Long was protective of her several sisters and her only brother, whom she helped to obtain and maintain state employment in [[Baton Rouge]].
Mrs. Long was born in Covington in St. Tammany Parish, across Lake Pontchartrain from [[New Orleans]], to Robert H. Revere and the former Beulah Talley. The Reveres were a lower middle class family, and Blanche was a public stenographer at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. She married Earl Long on August 17, 1932; they had no children. Mrs. Long was protective of her several sisters and her only brother, whom she helped to obtain and maintain state employment in [[Baton Rouge]].
==Her political persona==
==Her political persona==