14 Facts About Jacque Batt

Jacque Batt was the First Lady of Idaho while her husband Phil Batt was Governor of Idaho from January 2,1995, to January 4,1999.

Jacque Batt was instrumental in founding the Pink Tea in 1998, an organization that raised money for free mammograms for women in need.

Jacque Batt met Phil Batt at the University of Idaho, and eloped with him on January 9,1948, in Potlatch, Idaho.

Jacque Batt was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority at the University of Idaho.

Jacque Batt was active in Republican party organizations, serving as president of the Canyon County Republican Women's Club in 1971, and was active in Legisladies, an organization for the wives of Idaho legislators, serving as its president in 1977.

Jacque Batt worked with her successor Patricia Kempthorne to found the Pink Tea in 1998, an organization that raised money for free mammograms for women in need.

Jacque Batt worked as a volunteer phoning mothers to remind them about their children's immunizations.

Jacque Batt was known for her humble attitude to the role of First Lady, being reported to take the household washing to a laundromat.

Jacque Batt was active in the Ninety-Nines, a women's airplane pilot organization, which she joined in 1963.

Jacque Batt served as the secretary of the Idaho chapter in 1966, and later as Idaho Chapter Chairman.

Jacque Batt competed in the Idaho Air Race with the Ninety-Nines, and flew into Mexico and Canada.

Jacque Batt had three children with Phil: William, Rebecca, and Leslie Ann.

Jacque Batt died September 7,2014, and was survived by her husband, whom she had been married to for 66 years.

Jacque Batt was a deeply caring and compassionate woman who left us all better for having known her.