Janna Lou Little Boren
{{Short description|American teacher (1944–1998)}}
{{ infobox officeholder
| image =
| caption =
| order = 18th
| office = First Lady of Oklahoma
| governor = David L. Boren
| term_start = January 13, 1975
| term_end = October 1975
| predecessor = Jo Evans Hall
| successor = Molly Shi Boren{{efn|Janna Boren ceased her duties as First Lady after her divorce was announced in 1975 and the position was vacant until November 27, 1977.}}
| birth_name = Janna Lou Little
| birth_place = Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
| birth_date = {{birth date|1944|11|30}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|5|25|1944|11|30}}
| spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|David L. Boren|1968|1976}}
- {{marriage|John Clinton Robbins|1976}}
}}
| children = 2, including Dan Boren
}}
Janna Lou Little Boren Robbins (November 30, 1944 – May 25, 1998) was an American teacher who served as the 18th First Lady of Oklahoma during the tenure of David L. Boren from his inauguration until their divorce was announced in 1975. She is the mother of Dan Boren.
Biography
Janna Lou Little was born on November 30, 1944, in Oklahoma City to Reuel and Oteka Little. Her parents ran a foundation for children who were deaf or had cleft palates. She was raised in Madill, Oklahoma, attended the Hockaday School, and graduated from Boston University in 1967. She later married David L. Boren in 1968. She worked as a French and English teacher as David started his political career. Boren campaigned for her husband in 1974 by leading “Boren’s Broom Brigade” and selling brooms across the state while promising to clean up politics.{{cite web |title=Inaugural Impressions: Janna Little Boren Robbins (1944–98) |url=https://www.okhistory.org/historycenter/bio?name=j-robbins |website=okhistory.org |publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society |access-date=January 28, 2025}}
Boren served as the 18th First Lady of Oklahoma in 1975.{{cite web |last1=Paustenbaugh |first1=Jennifer |title=Oklahoma's First Ladies From Territorial Days To The Present Time |url=https://ojs.library.okstate.edu/osu/index.php/OKPolitics/article/view/1060/957 |access-date=October 30, 2024}} She announced her divorce from David Boren later that year, finalized it in 1976, and married John Clinton Robbins.{{cite news |title=Former State First Lady Janna Robbins Dies |url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1998/05/27/former-state-first-lady-janna-robbins-dies/62280162007/ |access-date=January 28, 2025 |work=The Oklahoman |date=March 27, 1998}} In 1996 she was diagnosed with colon cancer and she died on May 25, 1998. She had two children, including Dan Boren and Carrie Boren Headington.{{Cite news |date=2013-08-11 |title=Carrie Boren, Gregory Headington |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/fashion/weddings/carrie-boren-gregory-headington.html |access-date=2025-02-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.goodnewsinitiative.com/about |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=Good News Initiative |language=en-US}}
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Category:20th-century American women
Category:20th-century people from Oklahoma
Category:Boston University alumni
Category:Deaths from colorectal cancer in the United States
Category:First ladies and gentlemen of Oklahoma
Category:Hockaday School alumni
Category:People from Madill, Oklahoma