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![Wales, Nellie L.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428fedef7f18.18889970.png/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Nellie L. Wales, a Republican, was elected as County Superintendent of Schools for Hot Springs County, Wyoming in 1912. She was elected again in 1914, and for a third term in 1916. As the non-partisan candidate in 1918, Wales was elected to a fourth term that year. Before her election Wales was a school teacher in the county. In 1919 Wales was chosen as the president of the state organization of county superintendents of schools.