Florence Prag Kahn

Florence Prag Kahn (born Nov. 9, 1866, Salt Lake City, Utah [U.S.]—died Nov. 16, 1948, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.) was an American public official who, after winning her husband’s seat in the U.S. Congress following his death, established herself as an effective representative in her own right. Florence Prag graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1887. Her ambition to study law was frustrated by the family’s finances, and for 12 years she taught...