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Ruth Baird Bryan Leavitt Owen Rohde, conocida como Ruth Bryan Owen, ( Jacksonville, 2 de octubre de 1885- Copenhague, 26 de julio de 1954) fue una política estadounidense, que fue elegida para dos mandatos en la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos y fue la primera mujer nombrada embajadora de Estados Unidos.
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 was known throughout Florida for her public speaking abilities, a skill which she likely learned from her outspoken parents, politician William Jennings Bryan and suffragist Mary Baird Bryan.
Ruth Baird Bryan Leavitt Owen Rohde, conocida como Ruth Bryan Owen, fue una política estadounidense, que fue elegida para dos mandatos en la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos y fue la primera mujer nombrada embajadora de Estados Unidos.
Ruth Bryan Owen. Ruth Bryan Owen (1885-1954) was a congresswoman, author, lecturer, world traveler, and the first woman ever to represent the United States as a diplomatic minister to a foreign nation.
6 de ago. de 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 ...
Owen, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, was a public lecturer and two-term US congresswoman from Florida before being sent to Denmark by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who eagerly promoted the advancement of women, lobbied Roosevelt to make the appointment.
