1/13/2010:
Elizabeth Jane Baute was born on this date in 1931 in Lebanon, Kentucky. She is better known to most North Dakotans, however, as Jane Sinner, wife of North Dakota Governor George Sinner.
Elizabeth Baute grew up and attended high school in Kentucky. In 1948, at the age of seventeen, she left home to attend St. Louis University, in St. Louis, Missouri. After a year there, she transferred across town to Webster University. She continued her college education at Webster, graduating in 1951. During her time there, she met and began dating fellow student, George Sinner, of Casselton, North Dakota. After graduation in 1951, the two were wed and moved to Sinner's hometown of Casselton.
The couple raised ten children in Casselton, and Mrs. Sinner became an active homemaker. She became involved with "local social and arts groups, as well as the North Dakota Mental Health Association." In 1984, George Sinner was elected governor of North Dakota, and Jane became the state's First Lady. This was a role she would hold for the next eight years.
Jane is perhaps best known for her role in beginning the "Celebration of Lights" program, which is held annually during the holiday season. The fundraiser benefits Mental Health America of North Dakota, and also raises awareness of mental health disorders across the state.
Jane also founded the "North Dakota Goes Wild!" program during her time as First Lady, which promotes the natural beauty of the state and continued conservation and beautification of state lands. Concentrating on the state's roadsides, the partnership distributed information and seed packets of the state's wildflowers to local groups and schools.
Her active involvement with local artists continued as well, and Jane helped to form the Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Camp for North Dakota children interested in theater. She also presented Governor's Awards to many local artists and displayed "...their work at the Governor's Residence in Bismarck," which she also had a hand in remodeling.
Speaking out on the topics of television violence and teen pregnancy, Jane became an advocate for the state's children as well. In December of 1992, the Sinners vacated the Governor's Residence in Bismarck and retired to Fargo, but Jane left a mighty legacy of active participation in the state's art, health, and family programs, which continues to have lasting effects in North Dakota.
Dakota Datebook written by Jayme L. Job
Sources:
http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/library/Collections/og1267.html[podcast]/media/dakotadatebook/2010/jan/13.mp3[/podcast]
Elizabeth Jane Baute was born on this date in 1931 in Lebanon, Kentucky. She is better known to most North Dakotans, however, as Jane Sinner, wife of North Dakota Governor George Sinner.
Elizabeth Baute grew up and attended high school in Kentucky. In 1948, at the age of seventeen, she left home to attend St. Louis University, in St. Louis, Missouri. After a year there, she transferred across town to Webster University. She continued her college education at Webster, graduating in 1951. During her time there, she met and began dating fellow student, George Sinner, of Casselton, North Dakota. After graduation in 1951, the two were wed and moved to Sinner's hometown of Casselton.
The couple raised ten children in Casselton, and Mrs. Sinner became an active homemaker. She became involved with "local social and arts groups, as well as the North Dakota Mental Health Association." In 1984, George Sinner was elected governor of North Dakota, and Jane became the state's First Lady. This was a role she would hold for the next eight years.
Jane is perhaps best known for her role in beginning the "Celebration of Lights" program, which is held annually during the holiday season. The fundraiser benefits Mental Health America of North Dakota, and also raises awareness of mental health disorders across the state.
Jane also founded the "North Dakota Goes Wild!" program during her time as First Lady, which promotes the natural beauty of the state and continued conservation and beautification of state lands. Concentrating on the state's roadsides, the partnership distributed information and seed packets of the state's wildflowers to local groups and schools.
Her active involvement with local artists continued as well, and Jane helped to form the Sleepy Hollow Performing Arts Camp for North Dakota children interested in theater. She also presented Governor's Awards to many local artists and displayed "...their work at the Governor's Residence in Bismarck," which she also had a hand in remodeling.
Speaking out on the topics of television violence and teen pregnancy, Jane became an advocate for the state's children as well. In December of 1992, the Sinners vacated the Governor's Residence in Bismarck and retired to Fargo, but Jane left a mighty legacy of active participation in the state's art, health, and family programs, which continues to have lasting effects in North Dakota.
Dakota Datebook written by Jayme L. Job
Sources:
http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/library/Collections/og1267.html