Louise Shadduck

Louise M. Shadduck (October 14, 1915 – May 4, 2008), nicknamed the "Lioness of Idaho," was an Idaho journalist, political activist, public servant, author, speaker and lobbyist, and the first woman in the United States to serve in a state Governor's executive cabinet level office as a departmental secretary. and independent lobbyist in the fields of forestry and human rights, she was one of Idaho's most decorated and celebrated citizens.

Early life and education Louise Shadduck was born in 1915 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the county seat and largest town of surrounding Kootenai County and region of North Idaho, just south of the Canada–United States border. and raised on a dairy farm in the North Idaho panhandle. Shadduck was sent to report on the 1944 Republican National Convention in Chicago, Illinois (which nominated New York Governor (and famous New York City district attorney (prosecutor), Thomas E. Dewey (1902–1971), as their candidate for president against long-serving 32nd President and military commander-in-chief during the war of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945, served 1933–1945). She left writing for The Press in 1948 but continued to occasionally write and sell freelance stories and columns. The Press in Coeur d'Alene published these stories under her "This and That" by-lined column.

Writing and later years Shadduck continued to write articles for various Idaho newspapers and publications.

In May 2008, then Idaho Lieutenant Governor, Jim Risch named her his North Idaho panhandle campaign for his campaign to replace incumbent U.S. Senator Larry Craig. Upon her death in 2008, she was survived by ten nieces and nephews.

Accolades and awards In 1990, she was chosen as one of the List of 100 "Idahoans who make a difference" by the Idaho Centennial Homecoming Commission. Bullard, Mike. Lioness of Idaho: Louise Shadduck and The Power of Polite. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: The Samuel Dow,) 2013. Silver and Gold Award from University of Idaho at (Moscow, Idaho),1988 Monongahela Forestry Leadership Award from National Forest Products Association Silver Anvil Award from Public Relations Society of America Idaho Press Women's Woman of Achievement Award 1967 and 1994 National Federation of Press Women's President's Award and Hall of Fame "Outstanding Idahoan" from the daily newspaper Idaho Statesman (published in the state capital of Boise, Idaho) Distinguished Member Trophy from Boise Ad Club Idaho Hall of Fame, 1996 Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities award by the Idaho Humanities Council in 2000 Esto Perpetua award of the Idaho Historical Society Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, University of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho), 1969 Louise Shadduck Office Building, Idaho Department of Lands A bronze bust of Shadduck is among the displays rotated into the Idaho State Capitol (Idaho State House) in Boise.

Works Andy Little: Idaho Sheep King. (Caldwell, ID: Caxton Press 1990). Doctors with Buggies, Snowshoes and Planes. (Coeur d'Alene, ID: Tamarack, 1993). At the Edge of the Ice. (Coeur d'Alene, ID: Tamarack, 1996). Rodeo Idaho. (Coeur d'Alene, ID: Tamarack, 2001). The House that Victor Built. (Spokane: Walsworth Publishing, 2007)