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Seventy-first Congress to Seat Eight Women in House
As the Seventy-first Congress opens Speaker Longworth faces a record eight women in the House. Several are returning veterans, with two new Ruths among the newcomers. Many had political starts via husbands or family, others carved own paths in state and local work.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Nicholas Longworth
Arkansas
California
Florida
Ilinois
Kentucky
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Congress
House of Representatives
Jeannette Rankin
Montana
Alice Robertson
Oklahoma
Washington
Sooner
Thut
Florence Pray Kahn
Edith Nourse Stogers
Mary T. Norton
Katherine Langley
William A. Oldfield
Ruth Bryan Owen
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Ruth Pratt
Ruth
Ruths
Norton
Kahn
Rogers
Oldfield
Langley
McCormick
Mark Hanna
Ohio
Medill McCormick
Owen
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Maj
Reginald Owen
Pratt
O’ Langley
Republican State Central Committee
State Organization of
Republican Women
Jersey City