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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.
Chacón said that she believed that her 1924 elevation was the first time in the United States that a woman had been called on to assume the responsibilities of the governor. [4] The first woman to assume office as governor pursuant to a special election was Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming, who was elected on November 4, 1924, following the death ...
Governors of the Territory of Wyoming; No. Governor Term in office [a] Appointing President 1 John Allen Campbell (1835–1880) [2] April 7, 1869 [b] – February 10, 1875 (successor appointed) Ulysses S. Grant: 2 John Milton Thayer (1820–1906) [6] February 10, 1875 [c] – April 10, 1878 (successor appointed) Ulysses S. Grant: 3 John Wesley ...
While the majority of real estate agents today are female, in 1908, when the National Association of Realtors was founded, the group was 100 percent male. The first woman was admitted to its ...
Soon after the Civil War, women gained the right to vote in Wyoming — even before the territory became the 44th state. But over the past 130 years, the state has continued to, ever so slowly ...
Governor of Stranda Hundred: 1577: 1613: 36 years Ana Francisca de Borja y Doria (First female governor in South America) Habsburg Spain South America Governor of Viceroyalty of Peru: 7 June 1668: 12 November 1668: 158 days Nellie Tayloe Ross (First female American governor) United States North America Governor of Wyoming 5 January 1925: 3 ...
Nikki Haley was the first female governor of South Carolina and the first person of an ethnic minority to serve as governor of South Carolina. [256] Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win the Academy Award, [252] [257] the BAFTA Award, [258] and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Director, all for The Hurt Locker (2008). [259]
The governor wants to honor local control and give communities as many tools as possible, he said. Auer said he found exemplary efforts in places like Cheyenne, Casper and Lincoln County.