Eugenie Anderson was America’s first woman ambassador, appointed by Pres. Harry Truman in 1949 to Denmark. She became politically active as the result of a trip to Germany in 1937, where she saw the impact of totalitarianism firsthand. She later became involved in the Democratic Party and served as the diplomatic envoy to Bulgaria for Pres. John F. Kennedy.
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