Anne Ector Pleasant (April 16, 1878 – September 13, 1934) was an American school teacher and founder of the private school Pleasant Hall in Shreveport which operated for more than fifty years. Between 1916 and 1920, she was the First Lady of Louisiana and though she supported women's suffrage, she was not in favor of passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, believing voting rights were a state rather than a federal issue. Early life Anne Ector was born on April 16, 1878, in Marshall, Texas to Sarah Parish "Sally" (née Chew) and General Matthew D. Ector. Her father was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army, who was wounded during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864 and then returned to Texas where he served as a judge. At the time of his death in 1879, he was the presiding judge of the Court of Appeals. Her mother was originally from Kentucky and after her husband's death raised Anne and her siblings, Helen, Walker and William. Ector attended Belwood Seminary in Anchorage, Kentucky and went on to further her schooling at the Sam Houston Normal Institute in Huntsville, Texas, graduating in 1899. Career After completing her education, Ector began teaching in Texas and taught for several years until her marriage on February 14, 1906, to Ruffin Pleasant, who was the city attorney for Shreveport, Louisiana. After her marriage, Pleasant was active in the woman's club movement, serving as president of the district Federation of Women's Clubs, while her husband served for six years as city attorney and then worked in private practice as a lawyer. He was appointed as assistant attorney general in 1911, causing the couple to move to New Orleans and then was made attorney general in 1912. After four years, he was elected as Governor of Louisiana. During his governorship, Pleasant was active in the suffrage movement. While she was in favor of women's suffrage, she was against the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, believing that states, rather than the federal government should determine who should be eligible to vote. In 1920, when her term as First Lady ended, the couple returned to Shreveport. Within three years, Pleasant, who had been privately tutoring students in her home, opened Pleasant Hall, a private elementary school. The school focused on basic studies in reading, writing and arithmetic, but also offered instruction in French, English grammar and