Edith Nourse Rogers

Edith Nourse Rogers (born March 19, 1881, Saco, Maine, U.S.—died Sept. 10, 1960, Boston, Mass.) was an American public official, longtime U.S. congressional representative from Massachusetts, perhaps most remembered for her work with veterans affairs. Edith Nourse was educated at Rogers Hall School in Lowell, Massachusetts, and at Madame Julien’s School in Paris. In 1907 she married John J. Rogers of Lowell. After his election to Congress in 1912, they lived in Washington, D.C. During...