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![Congressman on Job for [...] Special Session of Congress, Members of the weaker sex were strongly represented when the special session of Congress opened at the Capitol today. Seven of the eight Congresswomen are shown in this picture made today with only Rep. Katherine Langley, of Kentucky, missing. In the front row, left to right: Rep. Pearl P. Oldfield, Arkansas; Rep. Mary T. Morton, New Jersey; Rep. Ruth Baker Pratt, New York; Back row, left to right: Rep. Ruth Bryan Owen, Florida; Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts; and Rep. Florence Kahn, California](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjkvMDEvMDEvY29uZ3Jlc3NtYW4tb24tam9iLWZvci1zcGVjaWFsLXNlc3Npb24tb2YtY29uZ3Jlc3MtbWVtYmVycy1vZi10aGUtd2Vha2VyLXNleC02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "Congressman on Job for [...] Special Session of Congress, Members of the weaker sex were strongly represented when the special session of Congress opened at the Capitol today. Seven of the eight Congresswomen are shown in this picture made today with only Rep. Katherine Langley, of Kentucky, missing. In the front row, left to right: Rep. Pearl P. Oldfield, Arkansas; Rep. Mary T. Morton, New Jersey; Rep. Ruth Baker Pratt, New York; Back row, left to right: Rep. Ruth Bryan Owen, Florida; Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, Massachusetts; and Rep. Florence Kahn, California")
Six members of fair sex now members of National House of Representatives. Washington, D.C., March 6. The election of Mrs. Frances P. Bolton, Ohio, to succeed her late husband, Rep. Chester Bolton, in the House of Representatives brings to a total of six the number of women now serving in that august body. The ladies are evenly divided on political sides, three Republicans and three Democrats. Here's the lineup, left to right: Rep. Frances P. Bolton, Republican of Ohio; Rep. Clara McMillian, Democrat of Tennessee; Rep. Mary T. Norton, Democrat of New Jersey; Rep. Caroline O'Day, Democrat of New York; Rep. Edith N. Rogers, Republican of Massachusetts.; and Rep. Jessie Sumner, Republican of Illinois, 3-6-40
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A group of women standing next to each other.
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Date
1940
Contributors
Harris & Ewing, photographer
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
Source
Library of Congress
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