The first woman to become the governess of a state was not the far-famed Mrs. "Ma" Ferguson of Texas, but Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming. Appearing in weeds, wearing a hat (perhaps the first time that a hat was ever worn on such an occasion), she delivered her short inaugural in a low voice before a gathering in the Senate Chamber at Cheyenne. "My friends," was her form of salutation. She continued: "Owing to the tragic and unprecedented circumstances* which surround my induction into office, I have felt it not only unnecessary...
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