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FIVE CONGRESSWOMEN
No longer the lone feminine member of Congress, Miss Rankin is shown (extreme left) as she met with four other women representatives to discuss President Roosevelt's address to Congress January 6th, 1941. Left to right, Miss Rankin, Frances P. Bolton of Ohio, Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, and Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts.
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Five Congresswomen, Photo by Acme Newspictures, Inc., December 12, 1941. Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives:
“Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman in Congress during the 65th Congress. Twenty-four years later, she served a second term in the 77th Congress—and was no longer the sole woman in the House. Rankin (left) is shown with Congresswomen Frances Bolton of Ohio, Mary Norton of New Jersey, Margaret Chase Smith of Maine, and Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts.”
There were nine female members of the House of Representatives in the 77th Congress (1941-43) and one female Senator. CAWP.