1925

On January 5, 1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the 14th Governor of Wyoming and the first female Governor in the United States.

Born on November 29, 1876 Nellie Taloe Ross held many influential positions and holds a place in history as the first woman to serve as a US state governor and the ONLY woman to serve as governor of Wyoming; in addition in 1933 she was appointed the first woman director of the US Mint, a position she held for 20 years.

A schoolteacher by profession, it was her husband William Ross that entered politics first, being elected Governor of Wyoming in 1922. Unfortunately, William Ross passed away shortly thereafter in 1924 and Nellie was nominated to replace him and although she refused to campaign, she easily won the election.

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