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Changing short description from "First Lady of California" to "First Lady of California from 1999 to 2003"

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{{Short description|First Lady of California from 1999 to 2003}}
{{Other people}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Sharon Davis.jpg
| imagesize =
|birth_name=Sharon Ryer
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|5|6}}
| birth_place = [[Brentwood, Los Angeles|Brentwood]], [[California]], U.S.
| profession = Writer, activist
| office1 = 34th [[Spouses of the Governors of California|First Lady of California]]
| governor1= [[Gray Davis]]
| term_label1 = In role
| term_start1= January 4, 1999
| term_end1= November 17, 2003
| predecessor1 = [[Gayle Wilson]]
| successor1 = [[Maria Shriver]]
| office2 = [[Second Lady]] of California
| governor2 = [[Pete Wilson]]
| term_label2 = In role
| term_start2 = January 2, 1995
| term_end2 = January 4, 1999
| predecessor2 = Jacqueline McCarthy
| successor2 = Arcelia Bustamante
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| religion=
| spouse = {{marriage|Gray Davis|1980}}
| children =
| residence =
| relations =
| signature =
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'''Sharon Ryer Davis''' (born May 6, 1954) is an American author who served as [[First Lady of California|first lady of California]] from 1999 to 2003. She is the wife of former California governor [[Gray Davis]]. She previously served as second lady of California from 1995 to 1999. Davis is also a former Miss Santee and the author of the children's book, ''The Adventures of Capitol Kitty''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://firstladies.library.ca.gov/34-Davis.html |title=First Ladies of California |access-date=2010-06-13 |archive-date=2013-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122054052/http://firstladies.library.ca.gov/34-Davis.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Ainsworth, Bill. ''It's her policy to be involved:Sharon Davis plans to be player in education issues'' ''The San Diego Union - Tribune''. San Diego, Calif.: Jan 4, 1999. pg. A.1</ref>

==Early life==
Davis attended [[Santana High School]] in [[Santee, California]]. While there, she entered the Miss Santee contest and won. Shortly after high school she began working at [[Pacific Southwest Airlines]] as a [[flight attendant]].<ref>Lescher, Dave. ''Sharon Davis, From Santee to Sacramento, California's new leading lady''. ''Los Angeles Times''. Los Angeles, Calif.: Jan 1, 1999. pg. 1</ref>

==Marriage==
Sharon met Gray Davis in 1979 while he was [[Chief of Staff]] for then [[California Governor]] [[Jerry Brown]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2017}}

==First Lady of California==
As [[First Lady]], Davis was active in children's health and education, especially literacy, creating the Governor's Book Fund, which provided funds for school libraries. She wrote a children's book titled ''The Adventures of Capitol Kitty'' to help pay for the fund. She eventually helped raise 750,000 dollars.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://firstladies.library.ca.gov/34-Davis.html |title=First Ladies of California |access-date=2010-06-13 |archive-date=2013-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122054052/http://firstladies.library.ca.gov/34-Davis.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the [[2000 United States presidential election]], her husband was rumored to be a potential vice presidential running mate for [[Al Gore]], but Davis turned it down,{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} with the position eventually going to [[Joe Lieberman]]. Davis was also rumored to be a potential presidential candidate in 2004. She left the office of First Lady in November 2003, after her husband's recall.

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