Jeanne Rowe Skinner

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Jeanne Rowe Skinner
First Lady of Guam
In role
September 17, 1949 – April 22, 1953
GovernorCarlton Skinner
Personal details
Born(1917-04-01)April 1, 1917
Marshalltown, Iowa
DiedApril 19, 1988(1988-04-19) (aged 71)
Palo Alto, California
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Carlton Skinner
Children3
OccupationU.S. Navy officer, First Lady of Guam
Other namesJeanne Dorothy Rowe, Jeanne Rowe, Ensign Jeanne Rowe, Jeanne R. Skinner, Jeanne Skinner
Military career
Allegiance United States
Service/branch United States Navy
RankLieutenant

Jeanne Rowe Skinner (1917-1988) was an American Navy officer and former First Lady of Guam.

Early life[]

On April 1, 1917, Skinner was born as Jeanne Dorothy Rowe in Marshalltown, Iowa. Skinner's father was George Lewis Rowe (1889-1975). Skinner's mother was Marie Henrietta (nee Franz) Rowe (1892-1977). Skinner had one sister, Virginia Robertson Rowe (1913-2009). In 1940, Skinner lived with her parents in Lancaster, Nebraska.[1][2][3]

Education[]

Skinner earned a degree from University of Nebraska. Skinner was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and a member of Pi Lambda Theta honorary society.[1][2]

Career[]

Skinner served as an officer (ensign and lieutenant) in Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), a woman's branch of the United States Navy Reserve. Skinner worked in the Public Relations division of the U.S. Navy Department in Washington, D.C. and in New York.[1][2]

In 1949, when Carlton Skinner was appointed by President Harry S. Truman as the Governor of Guam, Skinner became the First Lady of Guam on September 17, 1949, until April 22, 1953.[4]

Personal life[]

On May 1, 1943, Skinner married Carlton Skinner at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Harvison Catlin Holland, her sister and brother-in-law, in Dayton, Ohio. They had three children, Franz, Andrea, and Barbara. They also had a Dalmatian named Lilu’okalani. [1][4][5][6]

In 1943, Skinner and her husband lived in an apartment on Twentieth Street in Washington D.C.[1] In 1949, Skinner and her family moved Guam.[4] In the 1950s to 1960s, Skinner lived in Belvedere, California.

After Skinner's divorce, in 1967, her ex-husband married Solange Petit, a French anthropologist.[4]

On April 19, 1988, Skinner died at the Veteran Medical Center in Palo Alto, California. Skinner is interred at Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California.[2][7]

See also[]

  • Margaret Chung, a member of Navy's Women's Advisory Council which pushed Public Law 689

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Ensign Jeanne Rowe Bride Of Lieut. Carleton Skinner". newspapers.com. The Lincoln Star. May 1, 1943. Retrieved November 1, 2021.(archived)
  2. ^ a b c d "Obituary - Jeanne R. Skinner". The Marin Independent Journal. April 23, 1988. Retrieved November 1, 2021.(archived)
  3. ^ "Jeanne Rowe in the 1940 Census". ancestry.com. 1940. Retrieved November 1, 2021.(archived)
  4. ^ a b c d "Governor Carlton Skinner". guampedia.com. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
  5. ^ "Skinner, Carlton (b. 1913)". Retrieved November 1, 2021.(archived)
  6. ^ "Carlton Skinner's survivors include son, daughter". sfgate.com. January 26, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2021.(archived)
  7. ^ "Jeanne Rowe Skinner". findagrave.com. 1988. Retrieved November 1, 2021.

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