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The 83rd Congress (1953–1955) boasted 11 women Members in the House of Representatives. Pictured here (front row, left to right) are Edna Kelly; Katherine St. George; Gracie Pfost; Ruth Thompson; (second row, left to right) Elizabeth Kee; Leonor Sullivan; Vera Buchanan; and Marguerite Church. Frances Bolton; Betty Farrington; and Cecil Harden rounded out the bunch.
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “Women Members of the 83rd Congress,” https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/2008/2008-194-000/ (April 10, 2021)
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