From collection Candidates
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.
