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Nov 4, 2014 · November 4, 2014 12:00 PM EST. B efore there was Sarah Palin or Ann Richards, there was Nellie Tayloe Ross. Ninety years ago today, on Nov 4, 1924, Ross was elected governor of Wyoming, and...
Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross. Terms January 5, 1925 - January 3, 1927 ; Party Democratic ; Born November 29, 1876 ; Passed December 19, 1977 ; Birth State Missouri ; Family Married William Bradford Ross; four children
Nov 4, 2014 · Wyoming History. WyomingPBS Education Collection. Time. 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.
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. Ross was elected governor of Wyoming in 1924, succeeding her husband, incumbent Democrat William Bradford ...
Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman in the United States to serve as a state governor and also the first woman appointed as director of the US Mint. She was born on November 29, 1876, near St. Joseph, Missouri, to James Wynne and Elizabeth Blair Green Tayloe.
May 29, 2018 · American politician Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977) gained fame in the 1920s when she was elected governor of Wyoming, becoming the first woman in the country to hold such a post.
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...
