'''Lurleen Burns Wallace''' (born '''Lurleen Brigham Burns'''; September 19, 1926 – May 7, 1968) was the 46th Governor of [[Alabama]] succeeding her husband, [[George C. Wallace]] after he was term-limited out. The Alabama constitution forbade consecutive terms.<ref>AL Const. art. V, § 114</ref> She was Alabama's first female Governor serving for fifteen months from January 1967 until her death in May 1968.
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'''Lurleen Burns Wallace''' (1926 – 1968) was the 46th Governor of [[Alabama]] succeeding her husband, [[George C. Wallace]] after he was term-limited out. The Alabama constitution forbade consecutive terms.<ref>AL Const. art. V, § 114</ref> She was Alabama's first female Governor serving for fifteen months from January 1967 until her death in May 1968.