A trip to Germany in 1937 made Eugenie Anderson aware of totalitarianism, prompting her to join the League of Women Voters and focus on foreign affairs. She helped form the DemocraticāFarmerāLabor Party in Minnesota in 1944, where she became allied with Hubert Humphrey. Pres. Harry Truman made her Americaās first woman ambassador in 1949.
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