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E-mail  Curtis Eriksmoen, Published August 31 2013  DId you know
that: Rosamond Thoe's three unique views of ND government  While
growing up during the early 20th century on a farm near Devils
Lake, N.D., Rosamond Thoe didn’t realize she would one day be
looking at the North Dakota Senate from three very different
perspectives.  From 1941 to 1952, she was the wife of state Sen.
Harry O’Brien; from 1953 to 1960, she was Sen. Rosamond O’Brien;
and from 1967 to 1971, she was the wife of state Sen. Kenneth
Lowe.  Rosamond Mabel Thoe was born April 26, 1904, on a farm
between Devils Lake and Minnewauken, N.D., to Halvor and Jennie
(Sampson) Thoe.  Growing up, there were no female legislators.
In fact, women didn’t even have the right to vote. Nevertheless,
Rosamond became interested in politics because her father,
Halvor, was actively involved in the Republican Party.  She
graduated from high school in Devils Lake in 1922 and took a
course at the state n