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Best Known As: Political Figure Gist: Ruth Bryan Owen (October 2, 1885 ? July 26, 1954) was the daughter of William Jennings Bryan and mother of Helen Rudd Brown. A Democrat, in 1929 she became Florida?s (and the South's) first woman representative in the United States Congress, coming from Florida?s 4th district. Representative Owen was also the first woman to earn a spot on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. In 1933, she became the first woman ever appointed as a U.S. Ambassador when President Roosevelt appointed her as U.S. Ambassador to Denmark.  read more about Ruth Bryan Owen
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