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Nellie Davis Ross (née Tayloe; November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American educator and politician who served as the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and as the 28th and first female director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953.
Nov 8, 2014 · In 1920, women won the vote nationwide. Now, just four years later, Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected the first woman governor in the nation. She won easily, as it turned out, by 8,000 votes out of 79,000 cast—a much bigger victory than her husband’s was two years earlier.
Nellie Tayloe Ross, née Nellie Tayloe Wynns, (born Nov. 29, 1876, St. Joseph, Mo., U.S.—died Dec. 20, 1977, Washington, D.C.), first woman in the United States to serve as governor of a state and the first woman to direct the U.S. mint.
Nov 4, 2014 · “It is most amusing and amazing to me, for example, to be asked, as I was soon after my election, whether I expected to appoint any men to office?
Apr 4, 2024 · Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman in the United States to serve as governor of a state and the first woman to direct the U.S. mint. Ross was elected governor of Wyoming in 1924, succeeding her husband, incumbent Democrat William Bradford Ross, who died just prior to the election.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 25, 2021 · On January 5, 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977) took office as governor of Wyoming, making her the first woman elected as governor in the United States. Her unusual path into politics deserves a closer look.
Nov 4, 2014 · Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977) served as the first woman governor of a U.S. state. She was born near St. Joseph, Missouri to James Wynn Tayloe, a native of Stewart County, Tennessee, and his wife, Elizabeth Blair Green.
