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More Feminine Members Added to Congress Rolls
Edith K. Gaylord reports that the seventy ninth congress will include a larger female presence. Eight women elected, three still contested, with four or more Democratic and four to five Republican seats. Incumbents Mary T. Norton and Clare Boothe Luce win re election, while Helen Gahagan Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas secure seats in California and Illinois respectively. Other confirmed women include Edith Nourse Rogers, Margaret Chase Smith, and Jessie Sumner.
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Edith K. Gaylord
Washington
Mary T. Norton
New Jersey
Helen Gahagan Douglas
William Campbell
California
Tom Ford
Douglas
Melvin Douglas
Burma
Emily Taft Douglas
Illinois
Stephen A. Day
Lorado Taft
University of Chicago
Paul Douglas
South Pacific
Chase Going Woodhouse
Connecticut
John D. McWilams
Roosevelt
Edith Nourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Jessie Sumner