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Nellie T. Ross was the first woman to ever be elected I believe in the US. She was Wyoming's first woman govenor as well.

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Nellie Tayloe Ross was the first woman governor of Wyoming, and the first woman elected and sworn in as governor of any US state. She served from January 5, 1925 to January 3, 1927.

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Jane Byrne was the first and only woman to be elected Mayor of Chicago. Byrne served in office from April 16, 1979 to April 29, 1983.

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Susana Madora Salter, Argonia Kansas

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