she and helena douglas would've overlapped for a term. they would've been known by the public as two prominent women both in a political sense but also in a cultural sense. >> this is one of my favorite buttons. it says continue with coya knutson. she is a wonderful person. matt talks about the transition of generations of women. and how that relates to what is going on in the nation at large. coya in some ways pays the price of the changing view of women in the 1940's after world war ii ends. this is a photograph of her with her husband andy in front of andy's hotel. he plays a prominent role in how her career ends. >> up to this point, there are so many women who come to congress through that connection to their husband, through some kind of familial connection. and coya knutson loses her congressional career because of that connection. she came up -- first of all, she is from -- she represented a district in minnesota for two terms. but she came up through the democratic farmer labor party in minnesota. and that is how she got her poli

luced clare boothe would've been the republican counterpart of helena douglas. her career had started as a writer and editor. she was a managing editor for "vanity fair." she later in the 1980's, married henry luce, the founder of "time" and "life" and "fortune." she had a prominent background to chew is elected to two terms in the 1940's. terms.ected to two 'se turned against fdr's domestic policies. by the time she comes to congress, she is one of the more eloquent spokespersons in terms wartimecism of fdr's management. she is not in isolation list. she is an internationalist. she also is a woman who supports the equal rights amendment and inenhanced role for women the military services and outside the home. so she is something of a feminist as well. [video clip] ♪ from america, this can international delegation comes to the western front on a democratic mission. and luce, the congresswoman playwright and costello and thomas serve on the military affairs committee. the group travels toward the battle line, observing american weapons and supplies powering the b