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Ruth Baird Leavitt Owen Rohde (née Bryan; October 2, 1885 – July 26, 1954), also known as Ruth Bryan Owen, was an American politician and diplomat who represented Florida's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933 and served as United States Envoy to Denmark from 1933 to 1936.
Ruth Bryan Owen (* 2. Oktober 1885 in Jacksonville, Illinois; † 26. Juli 1954 in Kopenhagen, Dänemark) war eine US-amerikanische Politikerin. Zwischen 1929 und 1933 vertrat sie den Bundesstaat Florida im US-Repräsentantenhaus .
Learn about the life and achievements of Ruth Bryan Owen, who served in Congress from 1928 to 1932 and became the first woman ambassador to Denmark in 1933. Explore her speeches, letters, and photos related to her political career and the Patriotic Pilgrimage program.
Ruth Bryan Owen was the first woman to be elected to Congress from the South and Florida. Owen was the first woman to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as the first woman ever to serve as an ambassador of the United States to a foreign country.
Learn about the life and achievements of Ruth Bryan Owen, the first woman elected to Congress from the South and a diplomat and author. She sponsored legislation for Everglades National Park and served on the U.N. drafting committee.
6. Aug. 2006 · This article examines the career of the United States’ first female chief of mission, Ruth Bryan Owen, Minister to Denmark (1933–36). After briefly tracing Owen’s background, it explores President Franklin Roosevelt’s pathbreaking appointment; the highlights of Owen’s Ministry, notably her practice of “people’s ...
Ruth Bryan Owen was an orator, a US Democratic congresswoman (1929–1933), and a minister to Denmark and Iceland from 1933 to 1936. She was the daughter of the “Great Commoner” William Jennings Bryan, a three-time Democratic presidential nominee who retired to Florida in the late 1910s.
