Edith Nourse Rogers

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Edith Nourse Rogers was a long-serving U.S. congresswoman from Massachusetts and a pioneering advocate for veterans’ rights and women’s roles in the military.

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instanceOf Republican Party politician
human
member of the United States House of Representatives
politician
veterans’ rights advocate
women’s rights advocate
areaOfWork military personnel policy
veterans’ affairs
women in the military
birthName Edith Nourse Rogers self-linksurface differs
surface form: Edith Nourse
burialPlace Edgewood Cemetery, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
causeOfDeath pneumonia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryRepresented United States of America
dateOfBirth 1881-03-19
dateOfDeath 1960-09-10
educatedAt Rogers Hall School, Lowell, Massachusetts
electedIn 1925 special election to the U.S. House of Representatives
endTime 1960-09-10
familyName Rogers
fieldOfLegislativeFocus health care for veterans
military pensions
veterans’ benefits
givenName Edith
honor Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital named in her honor
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
notableAchievement one of the first women elected to the U.S. Congress from Massachusetts
one of the longest-serving women in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives
pioneered formal roles for women in the U.S. Army during World War II
notableWork advocacy for creation of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC)
co-sponsorship of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (G.I. Bill)
legislation expanding veterans’ hospital facilities
sponsorship of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps bill
occupation politician
social worker
placeOfBirth Saco, Maine, United States
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts
surface form: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
positionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts
U.S. Representative for Massachusetts’s 5th congressional district
precededBy John Jacob Rogers
religion Congregationalism
representedArea Massachusetts 5th congressional district
surface form: Massachusetts’s 5th congressional district
residence Lowell, Massachusetts
surface form: Lowell, Massachusetts, United States
servedOn House Committee on International Relations
surface form: House Committee on Foreign Affairs

House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
sexOrGender female
spouse John Jacob Rogers
startTime 1925-06-30

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Nourse hasNotableBearer Edith Nourse Rogers
Edith Nourse Rogers birthName Edith Nourse Rogers self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Edith Nourse
John Jacob Rogers spouse Edith Nourse Rogers