Nettie Truax was an American politician and educator from

Sundance, Wyoming Sundance (Lakota language, Lakota: ''Owíwaŋyaŋg Wačhí''; "Sun-watching Dance") is a town in and the county seat of Crook County, Wyoming, United States. Its population was 1,032 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. The town is na ...

, who served a single term in the

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. She was elected in 1912, and represented Crook-Campbell County from 1913 to 1915 as a

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in the 12th

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. Truax represented Crook-Campbell County alongside

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. Truax was one of only two women serving in the

in 1913, the other being Anna B. Miller. Outside of the legislature, Truax served as a county superintendent.

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