Jo Ann Zimmerman

Jo Ann McIntosh Zimmerman ( born December 24, 1936 at the Van Buren County, Iowa) is an American politician. Between 1987 and 1991 she was Deputy Governor of the State of Iowa.

Career

Jo Ann McIntosh, so her maiden name, was active in her youth in the Girl Scouts. In 1954 she graduated from Keosauqua High School. Thereafter, she attended the Broadlawns Hospital School of Nursing, where she was trained as a nurse until 1958. She then worked as a nurse or head nurse in the maternity ward of the Broadlawns Hospital. In 1966 she was head of that department; She was an instructor for sisters who wanted to be active in their division in 1968. In the late 1960s she took even more training courses. In the following years she was still in the health sector. They extended their range to the entire bandwidth of the area. From 1976 to 1979 she was also director of the Waukee Community School Board. Politically, she joined the Democratic Party. She was a member of the Democratic district executive in Dallas County. 1982 Jo Ann Zimmerman was elected to the House of Representatives from Iowa. There she continued her focus on health policy and even brought a few bills.

1986 Zimmerman was elected Vice- Governor of Iowa. This office she held between 1987 and 1991. Yet she was Deputy Governor Terry E. Branstad Republican and chairman of the State Senate. In this office, she sat down next to their concerns one in the field of health for the improvement of education and public libraries throughout the state. Moreover, they called for the abolition of their own office. Thus, they had no success. But she was the last Deputy Governor in Iowa, who presided in the State Senate. Since 1991, these two offices are separated.

In 1989 she entered the election campaign for the office of Governor for a short time. Party political reasons they gave this project then on again. In the 1980s she became personally associated with the former crisis in the agricultural sector into financial difficulties. Your farm just barely escaped bankruptcy. To this day, she stands up for health issues, women's rights and other social issues. She holds public lectures and is still active in the Democratic Party. Since 1956 she is married; she has five children.