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The first woman to represent Ohio in the House, Frances Payne Bolton was elected to fill her husband’s seat after his death in 1939. In her service on the Foreign Affairs Committee, where she became Ranking Member, she focused on economic aid and human rights in Africa. Her disgust with South Africa’s system of racial apartheid reinforced her opposition to racial segregation in this country. “Prejudice [must be put down] wherever it raises its head, whether we are victims or not,” she declared. “[An] attack on any group endangers everyone’s freedom.”
History, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives, “Frances Payne Bolton,” https://history.house.gov/Collection/Listing/PA2011/PA2011-09-0079e/ (February 25, 2021)
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