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EPISODE · Sep 2, 2020 · 30 MIN

Nellie Tayloe Ross: First lady to first lady governor

from The Way it Was: A podpast · host Fort Collins Coloradoan

In the span of three months in fall 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross became a widow, single mother and the first woman elected governor in the United States. But her journey to the Wyoming governor's office and, later, Washington D.C. started well before the 1920s.

In the span of three months in fall 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross became a widow, single mother and the first woman elected governor in the United States. But her journey to the Wyoming governor's office and, later, Washington D.C. started well before the 1920s.

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