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Nellie Tayloe Sanders (great-granddaughter) 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. She was the first woman to serve as ...
Nov 8, 2014 · Wyoming Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross, first woman governor in the nation, 1926. American Heritage Center. On Oct. 4, 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross watched as her husband’s coffin was lowered into the ground. William B. Ross had been governor of Wyoming for only a year and 10 months. Twelve days earlier he had suffered severe abdominal pains after a day ...
Nov 4, 2014 · 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 became the first woman governor in ...
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. Ross was elected governor of Wyoming in 1924, succeeding her husband, incumbent Democrat William Bradford Ross, who died just ...
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Politicians. Nellie Tayloe Ross, née Nellie TayloeWynns, (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 ...
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. Nellie Tayloe attended a teacher training college for two years and then taught kindergarten in Omaha, Nebraska.
Nov 8, 2014 · Saturday, November 8, 2014. Nellie Tayloe Ross was born November 29,1876 near St. Joseph, Missouri. She was a sickly child and unable to attend school on a regular basis. However, Ross attended when she could and when unable, her parents supplemented her education with private tutors in her home. She completed a two year kindergarten teaching ...
