Word: congresswomen
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...begun its work in high hope ten months ago and passed through despairing depths, ended last week in wan and shaky congratulations among the Democratic majority. There was a great deal of tired, last-minute fun: barbershop ballads, a few well-placed smooches on the cheek by departing Congresswomen and gay festivities by congressional employees (see cut) whose salaries had just been raised...
Oldtimers on Capitol Hill could not recall a similar event. All of the Congresswomen, the entire delegation from Maine and about 30 members of the press had been invited. The Speaker and other House leaders were asked to drop in. The place: the Capitol dining room of the Speaker of the House. The occasion: a luncheon, given by Maine Congresswoman Margaret Smith, for Mrs. Elizabeth May Craig, Washington correspondent for 17 years and now the new president of the Women's National Press Club...