The Woman Who Smashed the Glass Ceiling for Female Governors: Connecticut’s Ella Grasso (Ep. 68)

She came from a first-generation family, where only broken English was spoken at home, and she had very few friends growing up. Yet, Ella Grasso rose to become one of Connecticut’s most popular Governors – and the first female elected Governor in her own right in U.S. history. Hear her incredible life story – including the challenges of being the first woman in such a high political office, the highlights of her success and how she faced the terminal illness that ended her career – from her administrative assistant during those years in the State Capitol, Jon Purmont.