Word: rans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Well, I am not a new hand in executive positions. Unlike my opponent, this is not the first time I ran for public office...
...coincidence that the three outstanding new women office-seekers in the campaign were all named Ruth. All ran for Congress. All were widows, two were grandmothers. Two were able daughters of famed politicos. All three campaigned without emphasis on their sex. They were two Republicans and one Democrat, but all represented the new type of 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...
...nomination by a highly professional State Assemblyman, Phelps Phelps. Her primary victory seemed due to her astute counsellors more than to her social appeal. The seat in Congress which she sought was held by one Tammanyite and defended by another, both Jews. A woman Socialist, Bertha Mailly, also ran. Mrs. Pratt was expected to win because "Broadway's Congressman" is normally Republican. She made a vigorous campaign, renouncing weekends in the country all summer and fall...
...Gatineau Point, Quebec, a convent caught fire. Sisters Annette, Margaret Marie and Superior Ste. Cyrille stood at the top of a fire escape calling for help. But they were attired only in nightgowns; when a fireman approached them they ran back into the convent and were burned to death...
Ground for the new theatre of the University Players Guild at Woods Hole. Massachusetts has already been broken, it was announced last night by T. J. Smith '30, manager of the Harvard Dramatic Club. The Guild, comprised of 25 players, ran a two months season at Falmouth last summer, netting a $11000 gross gain. As a result of this success, it plans to open the new $40.000 theatre next summer for two months, after which the players will perform during the winter season in New York City...