By Alex Traub Martha Layne Collins, who in 1983 became Kentucky’s first female governor and the only female governor nationwide, and who was known for a corruption scandal involving her husband but ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, died on Saturday. She was 88.

Martha Layne Collins, whose distinction as the first woman to serve as governor of Kentucky was stained by her husband’s conviction on federal extortion charges, has died at age 88. Her death early ...

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