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Two Women Governors in 1925 Electorate
A retrospective on Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming and Miriam Ferguson of Texas, the first female governors. It recounts Ross’s rise after her husband’s death and Ferguson’s campaign to vindicate her husband’s honor, detailing their backgrounds, campaigns, and the reactions of supporters and opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson Sherman Elp
Noah Webster
Wyoming
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Tayloe
William B. Ross
Texas
Miriam Amanda Ferguson
Lawrence
James E. Ferguson
Bonnet Beats
Hood
Omaha
Cheyenne
Ross
New York
Tion
Eugenie J. Sullivan
Ma” Ferguson
Miriam Amanda Wallace
Bell County
Baylor College
James Edward Ferguson
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountains
Belton
Temple
Temple State Bank
Mason
Woodman
K. of P
Elk, Home
American Party
United States
Earl B. Manyfield
State Supreme Court
Ferguson
Jim” Ferguson
Fich
University of Texas
Ferguson Forum
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Prt
Felix D. Robertson
Ernest Nulle
Austin
State of
Senate
People
People of Texas
Felix D
Jim
Hell
Haw River
Christ
Earth
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