Barbara Lou "Barb" (née Gilb) Vickerman (October 26, 1933 – December 22, 1997) was an American businesswoman and politician. Born in

Tracy, Minnesota Tracy is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,163 at the 2010 census. U.S. Route 14 serves as a main arterial route in the community. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a tota ...

, Vickerman went to vocational school and was a medical laboratory technician. Vickerman owned a card and gift shop; she and her husband owned a bowling alley in

Redwood Falls, Minnesota Redwood Falls is a city in Redwood County, located along the Redwood River near its confluence with the Minnesota River, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 5,102 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat. History As the immigr ...

. Vickerman served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower house of the Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. There are 134 members, twice as many as the Minnesota Senate. Floor sessions are held in the north wing of the State Capitol in Saint Pa ...

, as a

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

, from 1993 until her death in 1997. Vickerman died in Redwood Falls, Minnesota of cancer. Her cousin-in-law

Jim Vickerman James Murray Vickerman (May 1, 1931 – January 19, 2021) was an American politician from Minnesota who served as Minnesota Senate, Minnesota State Senator, first elected in 1986 in the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party's "firestorm" that s ...

also served in the Minnesota Legislature.'Barbara Vickerman, Redwood Fall legislator, dies,' Minneapolis Star Tribune, December 24, 1997, pg. B6

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* 1933 births 1997 deaths People from Tracy, Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Women state legislators in Minnesota People from Redwood Falls, Minnesota Businesspeople from Minnesota 20th-century American businesspeople Deaths from cancer in Minnesota 20th-century American politicians 20th-century American women politicians {{Minnesota-politician-stub