Six members of fair sex now members of National House of Representatives. Washington, D.C., March 6. The election of Mrs. Frances P. Bolton, Ohio, to succeed her late husband, Rep. Chester Bolton, in the House of Representatives brings to a total of six the number of women now serving in that august
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"Six members of fair sex now members of National House of Representatives. Washington, D.C., March 6. The election of Mrs. Frances P. Bolton, Ohio, to succeed her late husband, Rep. Chester Bolton, in the House of Representatives brings to a total of six the number of women now serving in that august" (1940). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Six_members_of_fair_sex_now_members_of_National_House_of_Representatives._Washington,_D.C.,_March_6._The_election_of_Mrs._Frances_P._Bolton,_Ohio,_to_succeed_her_late_husband,_Rep._Chester_LCCN2016877229.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 296420.
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