Ruth H. Loomis papers 1925-1989

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Ruth H. Loomis papers 1925-1989

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Photocopies of newspaper and magazine articles, reprints of photographs, and an oral history interview of this lifetime Cheyenne, Wyoming resident who served as an administrative assistant to Nellie Tayloe Ross, and an original poster for Ross’s campaign for re-election as governor of Wyoming.

cubic ft. (1 envelope, 1 oversized folder)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6405635

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Ross, Nellie Tayloe, 1876-1977

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Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross (November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American politician, the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927 and director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953. She was the first woman to be sworn in as governor of a U.S. state, and remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming. Born in St. Joseph, Missouri she lived in Miltonvale, Kansas and Omaha, Nebraska before moving to Cheyenne, Wyoming with her husband, lawyer William Bradford Ross, w...

Loomis, Ruth H.

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Ruth Harrington Loomis was born and raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She was a 1922 graduate of Smith College in Massachusetts. She served as an administrative assistant to Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman governor in the United States, throughout her term as governor. Loomis also served as Ross’s personal secretary during the 1928 presidential campaign and as her colleague at National Democratic Headquarters. Following a brief tenure as state librarian, she married John U. Loomis, s...