Edith Nourse Rogers

Another interesting fact…No rubber-stamp Republican, she often went her own way. In 1933 she was one of the first members of Congress to speak out against Nazi persecution of the Jews; subsequently she voted against the 1937 Neutrality Act, which the isolationist Republican leadership favored, and for the Selective Service Act of 1940, which they opposed.

To learn more about this inspirational woman, go to the US House of Representatives’ web page:

https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/R/ROGERS,-Edith-Nourse-(R000392)/