<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_T._Grasso" id="mwASk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ella T. Grasso">Ella T. Grasso</a> becomes <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Connecticut" id="mwASo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of Governors of Connecticut">Governor of Connecticut</a>, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.<sup about="#mwt190" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"auto"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-auto-36"}}' id="cite_ref-auto_36-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_8#cite_note-auto-36" id="mwASs" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 36;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASw">[36]</span></a></sup>