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Ross, Nellie

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Ross, Nellie (c. 1876-1977)

US state governor. She was the first woman governor in US history (Democrat, Wyoming) 1925-27 (being inaugurated two weeks before ‘Ma’ Ferguson in Texas). She was director of the US Bureau of the Mint 1933-53, being the first woman to hold that office.

She was born in St Joseph, Missouri. At the US Bureau of the Mint she expanded its operations, building the mints at Fort Knox, West Point, and San Francisco. She also wrote about politics for women's magazines.



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