Ruth Bryan Owen

Overview

Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde born Jacksonville, IL October 2, 1885 (d. 1954). First female American ambassador, posted to Denmark, 1933; delegate to UN founding San Francisco, 1945; UN representative, 1949; twice US Representative; first woman on US House Foreign Affairs Committee; influential speaker on peace and UN; plan of world government, 1942. Served in Jane Addams's Hull House; administered relief in Belgium; served as nurse in World War I; promoted women as "Mothers of Humanity."

Quotations

"The modern mother considers the world her home." (Women in Congress, p. 91)

"Women should have a place on all councils which decide questions of war and peace between nations." (in Litoff & Smith, What Kind of World Do We Want, p. 131; 1929 photo Wikipedia)