Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the governor of Texas: from 1925 to 1927, and from 1933 to 1935. She was the first female governor of Texas, and the second woman to be governor of any U.S. state, after Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming.
Miriam A. Ferguson
Edwina Crockett Snider, Ferguson's social secretary (as First Lady of Texas)
Bust of Ferguson by Enrico Cerracchio
Monument to the Governors Ferguson at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas
Bell County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. It is in Central Texas and its county seat is Belton.
The Bell County Courthouse in Belton
Confederate statue at Bell County Courthouse
The Bell County Expo Center, located off Interstate Highway 35 north of Belton