Background
She was born and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and attended Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois for one year before receiving her Bachelor of Arts from Marquette University.
lieutenant governor politician
She was born and raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and attended Rosary College in River Forest, Illinois for one year before receiving her Bachelor of Arts from Marquette University.
Student, Rosary College, 1953. Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Education, Marquette University, 1956. Postgraduate, Marquette University, 1977.
Elected office (1971-2003)
Farrow served on the Elm Grove, Wisconsin Board of Appeals from 1971-1974 and the Village Board from 1976-1987, spending the last five years of her tenure as president After her time with the Village Board, Farrow was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, and later the Wisconsin State Senate, from a district comprising most of Waukesha County, Wisconsin. The first female lieutenant governor of Wisconsin, Farrow was appointed to the position after then-Lieutenant Governor Scott McCallum was elevated to the office of governor upon the departure of Government.
Tommy Thompson to join the administration of George West. Bush in January 2001.
As Lieutenant Governor, she served as chair of the Governor's Work-Based Learning Board, co-chair of the Governor's Task Force on Invasive Species, and chair of the Wisconsin’s Women's Council. Farrow authored and served as vice chair of the Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe Commission and was appointed by Governor Tommy Thompson to serve on the Governor's Blue-Ribbon Commission on State-Local Partnerships for the 21st Century.
Farrow also served on the Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Passenger Rail. McCallum and Farrow ran for a full four-year term in 2002, but their Republican ticket lost the race to Democrat Jim Doyle.
Post-Lieutenant Governor
Farrow was publicly touted by Mark Neumann as the best candidate to take on Democrat Russian Feingold in 2004.
She is chairman of the board of directors of WisconsinEye Public Affairs Network, Incorporated., which produces the Wisconsin equivalent of Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network. In 2010, WCAN (Waukesha County Action Network), the advocacy organization Farrow had created, combined with the Waukesha County Chamber of Commerce to create the Waukesha County Business Alliance, a county-wide chamber of commerce representing over 900 member businesses in southeastern Wisconsin. Farrow currently serves on the Board of Directors as well as the Policy Board of the Waukesha County Business Alliance. In 2013, she was appointed by Governor Scott Walker to serve on the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents.
Member Wis; member committee Member joint com; member joint survey committee Member low level radioactive waste county
Member committee
Member privatization county Member coun; member Wisconsin Member Wisconsin
Married John Harvey Farrow, December 29, 1956. Children: John, William, Peter, Paul, Mark.