Nellie ross biography

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 making speeches in Laramie. It was appendicitis. He died Oct. 2.

Nellie was devastated. She managed not to show it in public when her husband’s body lay in state under the Capitol rotunda in Cheyenne, during the funeral at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, and finally at the graveside. But when she was alone with her brother, she broke down. George Tayloe had come quickly from stat i usa to be with her after William’s death. Nellie couldn’t stop talking about old times, George wrote home to his wife. “When she gets on the past it is terrible for her and I assure you hard on the listeners,” George added.

That afternoon, back at the governor’s mansion, the chairman of the state Democratic Committee knocked o

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Nellie Tayloe Ross

American politician (1876–1977)

Nellie Tayloe Ross
Ross, c. 1922
In office May 3, 1933 – April 1953
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Robert J. Grant
Succeeded by	William H. Brett
In office January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927
Preceded by	Frank Lucas
Succeeded by	Frank Emerson
In office January 1, 1923 – October 2, 1924
Preceded by	Ida Mason Christy(1919)
Succeeded by	Ina Belle Craven
Born	Nellie Davis Tayloe (1876-11-29)November 29, 1876 St. namn, Missouri, U.S.
Died	December 19, 1977(1977-12-19) (aged 101) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	William B. Ross ​ ​ (m. ; died )​
Children	3
Relatives	Nellie Tayloe Sanders (great-granddaughter)

Nellie Davis Ross (née Tayloe; November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an Amer

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Review of Governor Lady: The Life and Times of Nellie Tayloe Ross By Teva J. Scheer

Abstract

Nellie Tayloe Ross, governor of Wyoming from January 5, 1925-January 3, 1927, was sworn into office fifteen days before Miriam Ferguson in Texas, a precedence that earned the former a lasting legacy as the nation's first woman governor. The novelty of her status and her elegant charm won Ross the attention of her contemporaries. A series of autobiographical essays titled "Governor Lady," published in 1927 by Good Housekeeping, fed the interests of an admiring public. A more recent tribute is Teva Scheer's Governor Lady: The Life of Times of Nellie Tayloe Ross. "How should history evaluate the nation's first woman governor?" asks the author. For despite Ross's later accomplishments as an organizer for the national Democratic Party and director of the U.S. Mint, it is as Wyoming's governor that she is most remembered. Scheer's evaluation, reflecting extensive research, is an affirmat