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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 · Nellie Tayloe Ross, a Democrat, was elected governor of Wyoming a month after her governor husband, William Ross, died of appendicitis in the fall of 1924. She ran because of respect for her husband’s Progressive ideas and also as a result of her own ambition.
Nov 4, 2014 · Ross was elected a month after her husband, Governor William B. Ross, died suddenly of appendicitis.
Apr 4, 2024 · Nellie Tayloe Ross (born Nov. 29, 1876, St. Joseph, Mo., U.S.—died Dec. 20, 1977, Washington, D.C.) 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.
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Ross, Nellie Tayloe (1876–1977) American politician, director of the U.S. Mint, and first woman governor. Born Nellie Tayloe on November 29, 1876, near St. Joseph, Missouri; died in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 1977; daughter of James Wynns Tayloe (a merchant and farmer) and Elizabeth (Blair) Tayloe; had private tutoring and occasional ...
Mar 23, 2017 · CNN — Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first female governor in the US, entering politics after personal tragedy. Her husband, the Democratic governor of Wyoming, died in office, and Nellie was...
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Nellie Taylor Ross, the first woman state governor in the nation and the first woman to be director of the U.S. Mint, died of a heart ailment Monday at the Wisconsin Avenue Nursing Home.
