[3] In 2007, Beshear assumed the role of First Spouse of Kentucky after her husband, Steve, was elected governor.

[2] A former schoolteacher, Beshear spent five years working with lawmakers to raise the high school dropout age from 16 to 18.

She worked to build a consensus for legislation to require students to obtain a diploma or drop out after their 18th birthday.

[4] In 2015, Beshear helped pass a bill to provide protection from violence from people in dating relationships.

[4] The Jane K. Beshear Capitol Education Center was named in her honor,[5] but less than a year after its opening Governor Matt Bevin renamed the building to honor Kentucky's Gold Star families.