Miriam ferguson nellie taylor
First female elected to u.s. congress; from montana...
A Century of Elected Woman Governors in the United States, 1924-2024
On November 4, 1924, voters elected the first woman governor in the United States.
Miriam ferguson nellie taylor
While two women previously held the office of acting governor for a short time—gubernatorial assistant Caroline B. Shelton of Oregon for a weekend in 1909, and later New Mexico Secretary of State Soledad Chávez de Chacón for two weeks earlier in summer 1924—November 1924 marked the “first” woman elected as chief executive of her state.
In fact, on Election Day 1924, voters in two states elected two women governors—Nellie Tayloe Ross in Wyoming and Miriam Amanda Ferguson in Texas.
Each state claims “first” for these women. Ferguson had won the Democratic Primary election earlier that year, which at the time was but a technicality (Texas was largely a one-party state). Ross took the oath of office on January 5, 1925, fifteen days before Ferguson.
At quick glance, the 1920s looked like the perfect moment for