2962969 Marion Glass Banister and Nellie Tayloe Ross, 1938 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marion Glass Banister (1875-1951), Assistant U.S. Treasurer with Nellie Tayloe Ross (right), Director of the Mint. Born Nellie Davis Tayloe (1876-1977), Nellie Ross was an American politician who succeeded her husband William B. Ross to become the 14th Governor of Wyoming (the first woman governor of a U.S. state) from 1925-27 and was the first female director of the United States Mint from 1933-53. ); American, out of copyright.