Thyra Godfrey Thomson was an American politician from the US state of Wyoming, who served as a Republican as the Wyoming Secretary of State from 1963 to 1987.
20 Facts About Thyra Thomson
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Thyra Godfrey Thomson was born on July 30,1916, to John and Rose Godfrey in Florence, Colorado, the only girl in a family of seven.
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Thyra Thomson's father, who was a mine superintendent for the Colorado Fuel and Iron Co.
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Thyra Thomson received a President's citation for war work at home in Cheyenne while Keith became the youngest infantry battalion commander in the US forces in WWII.
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Keith returned to Cheyenne in 1945, and he and Thyra Thomson became active in statewide politics.
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Thyra Thomson returned with her sons to Wyoming and in 1962, she was elected Wyoming Secretary of State beginning a long and distinguished political career.
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Thyra Thomson was the first woman to be elected to that position in Wyoming.
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Thyra Thomson was lauded by both men and women for speaking up for citizen needs and concerns.
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Thyra Thomson was vocal that adequate daycare at affordable prices was essential.
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Thyra Thomson became noted for regulating the sale of new issues of securities so that Wyoming investors had a fair balance between risk and reward, and as a result In 1974 she was elected President of the North American Securities Administrators, encompassing the fifty states, ten Canadian provinces and Mexico.
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At the request of the federal government Thyra Thomson became a member of Unesco's Youth Committee and Health, Education and Welfare's Allied Health Professional Council.
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Internationally, Thyra Thomson participated in Wilton Park Conferences in England, sat on the United Kingdom's Marshall Scholarships Committee for four years, and in 1975 was a guest of the Federal Republic of Germany for International Women's Year.
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Thyra Thomson was called to testify before congressional committees, filled speaking engagements nationwide and television guest appearances.
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Thyra Thomson's writing have been published in textbooks, newspapers and magazines.
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Thyra Thomson was named an International Woman off Distinction By women educators, A Distinguished Alumna By the University of Wyoming, a Woman of Achievement by press women, and was cited by professional and academic honor societies in economics, commerce and education.
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Thyra Thomson devoted herself to being a fundraiser to good works.
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Thyra Thomson sat on the boards of the Cheyenne Symphony, the Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody Wyoming and the University of Wyoming.
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Thyra Thomson died in Cheyenne on June 11,2013, at the age of 96.
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Thyra Thomson further described Thomson with two words that he said he could not then easily define: "chutzpah", or raw courage, and "pizzazz" or charisma.
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Thyra Thomson is interred with her husband at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.