Edith Nourse Rogers is elected to Congress from Massachusetts.

November 4, 1924

The first woman elected to Congress, Rogers (R-Lowell) is the widow of former U.S. Rep. John Jacob Rogers. She serves until her death in Boston during her campaign for a nineteenth term in office on September 10, 1960.

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  • Mass Moments
  • US House of Represesentatives
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