I did not want my tombstone to read, 'She kept a really clean house.' I think I'd like them to remember me by saying, 'She opened government to everyone.'

Big Mouth Big Hair". The law which passed on September 1 1991 broadens the 1982 law where a police officer will request a driver's license and proof of insurance during a traffic stop. In 1990 Richards had campaigned in Houston to repeal the law.

Richards served as the 45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 and was defeated for re-election in 1994 by George W. She first came to national attention as the state treasurer of Texas when Ann Richards delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.