Word: congresswomen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Congresswomen have, however, sometimes presided over sessions of the Committee of the Whole, the House's working lineup...
...political woman. They were all ladies of greater wealth than previous women Congressmen have been. One's husband had been a Senator and his seat in the Senate was her ultimate goal. But none was a Representative's widow, as has usually been the case with Congresswomen...
Congressmen have flown-and Congresswomen. Cabinet members have flown. Governors fly. Great generals, admirals, bankers and philanthropists fly. The President of Germany flies. Why doesn't Calvin Coolidge go up? Our leader should fly with Lindbergh! Perhaps he thinks it would be too great a loss to the country if he crashed fatally. I think it would be a great loss, but President Coolidge pointed out himself that there are plenty of big men to take his place. As a matter of fact, if Coolidge flew with Lindbergh and they crashed, the loss of Lindbergh would dwarf the loss...
...virtue of two male voices upraised last week, it was virtually assured that another woman will enter Congress soon. At present there are four U. S. Congresswomen-Mrs. Florence Prag Kahn of California, Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, Mrs. John W. Langley of Kentucky, Mrs. Mary P. Norton of New Jersey. The new & likely candidate is Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, daughter and widow of politicians, who wittily copied President Coolidge and "chose" to run for Republican Congresswoman-at-large from Illinois. The male voices which last week boomed Mrs. McCormick's nomination in the primary next spring...
...House are two other Congresswomen, elected to succeed their husbands: Florence P. Kahn of San Francisco, Calif., spouse of the late famed statesman Julius Kahn; Edith Nourse Rogers of Lowell, Mass., spouse of the late John Jacob Rogers, potent shoe manufacturer...