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Gale Ann Norton (Wichita, 11 marzo 1954) è una politica e avvocato statunitense, membro del Partito Repubblicano e Segretario degli Interni nell'amministrazione guidata da George W. Bush, prima donna a ricoprire tale funzione. Dal 1991 al 1999 è stata procuratore generale dello Stato del Colorado.
Gale Ann Norton (born March 11, 1954) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2006. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 35th Attorney General of Colorado from 1991 to 1999.
Gale Norton, a lifelong conservationist, public servant and advocate for bringing common sense solutions to environmental policy, was sworn in as the 48th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior in January 2001 and served until March 2006.
When President-elect George W. Bush nominated Gale Norton as secretary of the interior, he chose an able and controversial woman, experienced in both environmental issues and Republican politics. Norton was born in 1954 in Wichita, Kansas, but was raised outside of Denver, Colorado.
Gale Norton was the first female Colorado Attorney General (1991-99) and the first woman to be appointed as Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior (2001-06).
A 2020 inductee into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, Gale Norton was the first woman Colorado Attorney General (1991-99) and the first woman to be appointed as Secretary of the U.S....
The first woman elected Attorney General of Colorado, Gale Norton went on to serve as Secretary of the US Department of the Interior—the first female leader in the department’s 150-year history.
