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Woman Representative in Speaker's Chair

Black and white photograph of Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck standing on the rostrum in the House Chamber, with a microphone in front of her/tiles/collection/1/11052.xml
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Reverse of photograph with maker’s information and caption reading, “(Photo shows Rep. Mrs. Winnifred Mason in Speaker’s Chair, December 14) Woman Representative in Speaker’s Chair for First Time? Mrs. Winnifred Mason, representative from Illinois, and only woman member of the House at present time, on Thursday took the Speaker's chair for the first time in House of Representatives.”/tiles/collection/1/11053.xml
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Black and white photograph of Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck standing on the rostrum in the House Chamber, with a microphone in front of her
Reverse of photograph with maker’s information and caption reading, “(Photo shows Rep. Mrs. Winnifred Mason in Speaker’s Chair, December 14) Woman Representative in Speaker’s Chair for First Time? Mrs. Winnifred Mason, representative from Illinois, and only woman member of the House at present time, on Thursday took the Speaker's chair for the first time in House of Representatives.”
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Date

1922-12-16

Maker

P & A Photos, Inc.

Dimensions

6 1/2 × 8 1/2 in. (16.5 × 21.6 cm)

Accession Number

PA2013.09.0003a

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Winnifred Huck won the special election to fill her father’s seat in 1921, and became the third woman in Congress. Huck, pictured here on the rostrum, was comfortable on the House Floor. In her brief time as a Representative, she disdained the custom that required new Members of Congress to remain silent and offered opinions on a variety of issues.

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