Nellie Tayloe Ross, who lived to be 101, was the first American woman elected to this position.
Mayor
State senator
Governor
Congressional representative
Governor. Ross served as governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927. She later served in the state legislator. Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed her as the first female director of the U. S. Bureau of the Mint in 1933, a position she held for 20 years.