EDITH NOURSE ROGERS
Name: Edith Nourse Rogers
Born: 19 March 1881 Saco, Maine
Died. 10 September 1960 Boston, Massachusetts
Edith Nourse Rogers (March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social
welfare volunteer and politician who was one of the first women to serve in the
United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to congress from
Massachusetts. To date she is the longest serving Congresswoman, and in her 35
years in the House of Representatives she was a powerful voice for veterans and
sponsored seminal legislation, including the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of
1944 (commonly known as the G.I. Bill), which provided educational and financial
benefits for soldiers returning home from World War II, the 1942 bill that
created the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), and the 1943 bill that created
the Women's Army Corps (WAC). She was also instrumental in bringing federal
appropriations to her constituency, Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
Name: Edith Nourse Rogers
Born: 19 March 1881 Saco, Maine
Died. 10 September 1960 Boston, Massachusetts
Edith Nourse Rogers (March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social
welfare volunteer and politician who was one of the first women to serve in the
United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to congress from
Massachusetts. To date she is the longest serving Congresswoman, and in her 35
years in the House of Representatives she was a powerful voice for veterans and
sponsored seminal legislation, including the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of
1944 (commonly known as the G.I. Bill), which provided educational and financial
benefits for soldiers returning home from World War II, the 1942 bill that
created the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), and the 1943 bill that created
the Women's Army Corps (WAC). She was also instrumental in bringing federal
appropriations to her constituency, Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.