put her on to the committee assignments you wanted. >> one of the artifacts we have related to florence kahn i'm fond of is a letter fro j edgar hoover. the important part of this is not what he is writing. what is important is, "dear morther kahn." it is an odd phrasing for j edgar hoover. but she was known as the mother of the fbi. so, that was often how he referred to her. this is a fascinating piece of lobbying. and playing up that affiliation and that close tie they had. >> by the time we get to the late 1930's, early 1940's, we begin to see a different -- from that pioneer group of women coming to congress. world war ii reshapes the role of women in society. women hold a lot of jobs that men previously held as men go off to fight in the service. and women who come into congress during that era begin to advocate more of a role for women outside the home. mary norton was constantly urging women to be involved in politics, to be involved outside the home. even when the war ended, she feared that my contract again and women would be forced back into a domesticated role. one of the prominen

one of the artifacts that we have related to florence kahn i'm particularly fond of is this one, it is a letter from j. edgar hoover to congresswoman kahn and the important part of this suspect actually what he is writing, what's important is, "dear mother kahn" and it's an odd braising for j. edgar hoover but she was known very much as the mother of the fbi. and so that was often how he referred to her. so, this is a fascinating piece of little sort of lobbying and playing up that affiliation and that close tie they had. >> by the time we get to the late 1930s, early 1940s, we are beginning to see a different group from that pioneer group of women come into congress. world war ii kind of reshapes the role of women in society generally, women hold a lot of jobs that men previously held as men go off to fight in the service. women who come into congress during that era begin to advocate more of a role for women outside the home. mary norton was one of them. she was constantly urging women to be involved in politics, to be involved outside the home, even when the war ended. she feared th