Program Playtimes How did an Oregon orphan, widowed in her teens, become the first female governor in the nation before women could even vote? A fascinating new exhibit at Willamette Heritage Center shows how tragedy and twists of fate turned Caralyn B. Shelton into an international celebrity in 1909. WHC Curator Kylie Pine explains how the out-going governor, George Chamberlain believed in her, and her ability to do what was then a man’s job