Virginia Shehee (2006)
Louisiana Legends Gala
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Awards
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2006-06-25
Duration: 00:05:18
Subjects: Shehee, Virginia K. | Women legislators | Business | Philanthropists
Contributors:
- LaFleur, Donna Narrator
- Ekings, Robyn Narrator
- Shehee, Margaret S. Interviewee
- Sharp, Jack Interviewee
- Roemer, Buddy Interviewee
- Shehee, Virginia Speaker
Description
This segment from the 2006 Louisiana Legends Gala features a profile and a speech by Virginia Shehee accepting her recognition as a Louisiana Legend. Shehee, who served in the Louisiana Senate from 1976-1980, was the first woman elected to the Senate without succeeding a husband. She is also the CEO of Kilpatrick Life Insurance and Kilpatrick’s Rose-Neath Funeral Homes, as well as a community activist and philanthropist in her hometown of Shreveport. The profile includes interviews with her daughter, Margaret S. Shehee, Jack Sharp of the Biomedical Research Foundation, and former Governor Buddy Roemer. Narrators: Donna LaFleur and Robyn Ekings