On Nov. 4, 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States.

On Nov. 4, 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross was elected to become Wyoming's governor, the first time a woman held a governorship in the United States.

Nellie Ross was born in Missouri in 1876. She became a kindergarten teacher and married lawyer William Bradford Ross in 1902. Later, the Rosses moved to Cheyenne, where Ross established a law ...

Oh, would Nellie Ross be so proud! Nearly a century ago, Ross — a one-time piano and kindergarten teacher from Wyoming — became the nation’s first elected female governor, ...

Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876-1977) was the first woman governor in the United States. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, she married William Bradford Ross in 1902 and they lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming. William B ...

Wyoming Gov. Nellie Tayloe Ross presides over the opening of the Snowy Range Road on July 4, 1925, in what was described as “amid much snow and rain.” ...

In 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming is elected the first female governor in the United States. In 1924, voters overwhelmingly re-elected Calvin Coolidge president of the United States over ...