and coon statenly butted heads with william jennings brian, which is interesting, because william jennings brian, her daughter, ruth brian oyan owen n this side of the picture w avenue press account when these two ruths were sworn in 1929, they came down the center aisle together, arm in arm and wowed the members and the press because here are to daughters of avowed political enemies. if we go back into the pitcher to finish out this is mary norton of new jersey and this woman here is another one of the interesting characters from this time period, florence ca kahn o san francisco, another widow who followed her husband into congress. like rogers, she was another woman very involved in her husband's political career so when he passed away, she was asked to run for seat in the special election and she decided to -- she was gonna stay on. she stayed on more than a decade and she is the first jewish woman elected to congress. she is also the first woman to be appointed to the prestigious appropriations committee. and she is responsible for steering a lot of funds into the bay area to develop