The Clerk of the House has a fascinating web site devoted to the history of Florence Prag Kahn. “In 1925, Florence Prag Kahn succeeded her late husband Julius in a San Francisco-based U.S. House seat. Most early congressional widows served as temporary placeholders until party leaders chose long-term, male successors. But Kahn was no ordinary political widow. With an insider’s knowledge of House operations and a gift for turning a phrase, she set herself to ‘attending to business’ — expanding the Bay Area’s infrastructure and military installations during her 12-year career, while blazing a trail for women seeking political office.”
- Florence Kahn: Congressional Widow to Trailblazing Lawmaker, Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, (May 07, 2009).
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