Rosemarie Myrdal: The second woman to serve as North Dakota’s lieutenant governor, dies at 94

In addition to serving in the North Dakota legislature, Rosemarie Myrdal was involved in other state and local public service positions.
Informally, during a Republican gathering at a retreat center along the Missouri River in the late 1980s, Ed Schafer met Rosemarie Myrdal for the first time.

Additionally, Myrdal worked as a legislative liaison for Schafer’s office because she represented a district that contained her family’s farm close to Edinburg when serving in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1985 to 1992.

Schafer and Myrdal stayed in touch and made infrequent visits after Schafer left government in 2000. The Schafers paid her visits at both her summer cabin on Pembina Gorge and the farm owned by her family.

Rosemarie Myrdal: The second woman to serve as North Dakota’s lieutenant governor, dies at 94

On October 11, Myrdal passed away at the age of 94. Myrdal, a former educator and head of school, helped shape the educational policies of the Schafer administration and collaborated closely with Nancy Schafer, the first lady, on matters pertaining to women’s health and the family.