Anita Thigpen Perry is an American nurse, born in Haskell, Texas, in 1952, who earned a nursing degree at West Texas State University and a master of science in nursing at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She worked in nursing for more than seventeen years, in surgery, pediatrics, intensive care, administration, teaching and consulting. As the longest-serving First Lady of Texas, from 2000 to 2015, she advocated for nursing and health care. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center renamed its nursing school in her honor in 2008, and nursing endowments carry her name at West Texas A&M and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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She is married to former Texas Governor Rick Perry.
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As First Lady of Texas, she had been an active advocate for nursing and other health care issues.
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She worked in the nursing profession for more than 17 years, including surgery, pediatrics, intensive care, administration, and teaching and as a consultant.
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