Have you forgotten?

In 1924, gas was first used in the Death Penalty in Nevada. I just thought that this was interesting because I am a criminal justice major. I'm sure some people reacted to this because there are people against the death penalty altogether. I think that a lot of people don't really think about the severity of the death penalty. There are a lot of flaws in our system and we could be potentially sending the wrong people to pay through capital punishment. Another thing that happened in 1924 is George Mallory and Andrew Irvine were headed to the top of Mount Everest. They were last seen alive by their teammate Noel Odell. I know that I had forgotten about this but had heard stories about what had happened up there. I'm sure that people of the time had come up with some interesting rumors as to what went on. It probably discouraged other people from going as well. In November of 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female governor in Wyoming. I think that this is an important fact in history because there's always issues of women in the workplace and getting equal opportunity and pay. It has gotten better over the years but some people will still say that men are better than women and deserve more benefits just for being men. Today most people don't know when the first female governor was elected because it's more common now that we don't think about it.