Theodore Dreiser Papers, 1933-ca. 1940
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Jenckes, Virginia Ellis, 1877-1975
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Virginia Ellis Jenckes (November 6, 1877 – January 9, 1975) served three terms as a U.S. Representative (March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939) from Indiana's Sixth Congressional District. The Terre Haute, Indiana, native was the first woman from Indiana to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Alongside Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy, she was the second woman Representative from the Midwest and the first who was not succeeding a male relative. Born Virginia Ellis Soames in Terre Haute, Ind...
