Word: aerocar
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Dates: during 1933-1933
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...distinction of being the first woman in U. S. diplomatic history to attain ministerial rank. Joyfully asked the Copenhagen Press: "Who could understand us better than Denmark's girl friend?"-a reference to the fact that in 1931 Mrs. Owen & family toured that country with a Curtis Aerocar (a two-wheeled trailer containing a kitchenet and four bunks). Madam Minister Owen, who lost her Florida seat in the House March 4. promptly revealed that she had found some Danish ancestors who arrived in the U. S. in 1636. Said she: "I am very happy to have been assigned this...
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