thoughtcratic party that nellie taylor ross would be a good candidate. he had been very close to her husband. .he had been very engaged they thought i could put up a good fight against mr. sullivan. she was at first a little unsure. one thing george said was that nellie -- she did appear to be quite ambitious. she did agree she would run to fill out her husband's last two years. wyoming does have a long history of granting rights and having various -- the first state to grant women the right to vote in 1890. in 1920, just a few years before running for governor, there was a town hall in jackson. there were many opportunities for women to vote and get involved and to serve in an office. she would say the most important role for a woman is as a wife and a mother. she often mentioned that. it waso thought important for everybody, women, men, whatever, to be involved as citizens. because there are only three weeks before the election and because she was in mourning, she was not going to go around the campaign. here and reporters would come to her and they wo

it was the home of the democratic governor nellie taylor ross, the first female governor in the united states. governor for two years from 1925 to 1927. our charter cable partners worked with c-span's city tour staff when we recently traveled there to explore the area's history. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> union pacific has been working on this for years. seeing it arrived here in cheyenne today is nothing but phenomenal. cheyenne, this big boy is home! this big boy is home! a for many years, generation of people have asked the question, will a big boy operate? when will the union pacific restore a big boy locomotive? now that the time has come, they can't believe it. many people in our travels, when we went to las vegas, salt lake city, california, while we were at the l a county fair, we were working on it. we wanted people to come up. we wanted to engage them while we were working on the locomotive. what are you doing? we are going to restore this. many of them, their jaws dropped. that is why it is exciting. a big boy will run again. known as is what is t

it was the home of the democratic governor nellie taylor ross, the first female governor in the united states. governor for two years from 1925 to 1927. our charter cable partners worked with c-span's city tour staff when we recently traveled there to explore the area's history.