103. Wyoming: The Grit and Tenacity of Nellie Tayloe Ross with Natalie Hodson

In this episode, Sharon and former Idaho fishing state record-holder Natalie Hodson sit down together to talk about Wyoming’s first female governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross. Nellie was the kind of person who was born to break barriers, and when her husband died in office, Nellie ran in a special election to take his place as governor of the state of Wyoming, becoming the first woman governor in the nation. But it was just the beginning of her long political career as Nellie moved her way east to Washington DC. In 1933, President Franklin D Roosevelt appointed her another barrier-breaking position: she became the first woman Director of the Bureau of the Mint and served five full terms. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.