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Rosemary L. Ginn
Rosemary L. Ginn in the 1970s
Born
Rosemary Bewick Lucas

August 28, 1912
Columbia, Missouri, U.S.
DiedFebruary 3, 2003 (age 90)
Osage Beach, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation(s)Political organizer, businesswoman
Known forU.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg (1976–1977)

Rosemary Bewick Lucas Ginn (August 28, 1912 – February 3, 2003) was an American businesswoman and Republican political organizer based in Missouri. She was the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1976 until 1977.[1]

Early life and education

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Rosemary Lucas was born in Columbia, Missouri,[2] the daughter of Reuben Elmer Lucas and Mary Lulu Bewick Lucas.[3] Her father was a businessman.[4] She graduated from Hickman High School in 1929.[2] She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri in 1933.[3] In 1971 she received the university's Faculty Alumni Award.[5]

Career

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Gerald Ford and Rosemary L. Ginn, shaking hands in the Oval Office, May 1976

Ginn was involved in Republican politics in Missouri. In 1948 she became president of the Boone County Republican Women's Club.[6][7] She was national president of the Mortar Board honor society from 1948 to 1955.[4] In 1955 she became national president of the Association of College Honor Societies.[3]

From 1959 to 1961 Ginn was president of the Federation of Republican Women's Clubs of Missouri. She was a Missouri delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1960, and was a member of the Republican National Committee's executive committee from 1962 to 1964.[6][7][8] She supported the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion rights.[9][10] She chaired a national party committee to consider rules that would broaden participation in the 1972 Republican National Convention,[11] to include more women and members of minority groups as delegates.[12][13]

In 1971, Ginn became president of her father's company, Lucas Brothers Publishing Company in Columbia.[5] She was elected chair of the United States Commission for UNESCO in 1974.[4] She attended the UNESCO general conferences in Paris in 1974, and in Bonn in 1975.[4][14] She considered a run for Thomas Eagleton's Senate seat in 1974 but decided against it, saying "It appears that we have a prospect for a strong candidate and that satisfies me."[15]

Gerald Ford announced his choice of Ginn to succeed Ruth Farkas as ambassador to Luxembourg in May 1976.[4][5] She was the first woman from Missouri to become an ambassador.[16] In 1980 she was appointed to the Women's Policy Board of the Reagan presidential campaign.[17]

Personal life

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Rosemary Lucas married lawyer Milton Stanley Ginn. They had two daughters.[4][5] She died in 2003, at the age of 90, in Osage Beach, Missouri.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Rosemary Lucas Ginn (1912–2003)". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
  2. ^ a b "Foreign Affairs Oral History Project, Women Ambassadors Series: Ambassador Rosemary Lucas Ginn" (PDF). Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training. 1997-10-28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-07-18. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
  3. ^ a b c d "Rosemary Ginn (obituary)". Columbia Daily Tribune. 2003-02-04. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Rice, Patricia (1976-05-11). "Don't Call This Ambassador 'Madame'". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 33. Retrieved 2025-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c d Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. p. 850.
  6. ^ a b Rymph, Catherine E. (2006). Republican Women: Feminism and Conservatism from Suffrage Through the Rise of the New Right. Univ of North Carolina Press. pp. 296, note 3. ISBN 978-0-8078-5652-9.
  7. ^ a b O'Dea, Suzanne (2012-10-26). Madam Chairman: Mary Louise Smith and the Republican Revival after Watergate. University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-7294-2.
  8. ^ "Chance for G.O.P. in Missouri Vote; National Committeewoman Speaks at 20th Century Club Tea". The Kansas City Times. 1966-09-07. p. 19. Retrieved 2025-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Haugeberg, Karissa (2017-04-03). Women against Abortion: Inside the Largest Moral Reform Movement of the Twentieth Century. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09971-7.
  10. ^ "Rosemary Ginn is Named Envoy". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 1976-01-22. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Mrs. Ginn chairs national committee". Columbia Daily Tribune. 1969-06-23. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Melich, Tanya (2009-10-21). The Republican War Against Women: An Insider's Report from Behind the Lines. Random House Publishing Group. pp. 28–30. ISBN 978-0-307-57389-6.
  13. ^ Rice, Patricia (1972-08-10). "Republican Women to be Equal--In 1976". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 58. Retrieved 2025-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ United States Congress House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on International Organizations (1975). Review of the 1974 General Assembly and the United States Position in the United Nations: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on International Organizations of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 56–62.
  15. ^ "Rosemary Ginn will not file for U.S. Senator". Columbia Daily Tribune. 1974-03-20. p. 1. Retrieved 2025-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Patterson, Kathleen (1976-06-03). "Mrs. Ginn Expects Long Stay". The Kansas City Times. p. 39. Retrieved 2025-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ Byard, Wayde (1980-09-28). "Rosemary Ginn appointed to Reagan policy board". Columbia Daily Tribune. p. 8. Retrieved 2025-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
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