Rose McConnell Long silhouette, 1936 Apr. 15.

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Rose McConnell Long silhouette, 1936 Apr. 15.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/774389839

An ink-on-paper silhouette drawing of Rose McConnell Long while a U.S. Senator.

1 silhouette ; 5 x 3 in.

eng,

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 8195483

Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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Long, Rose McConnell, 1892-1970

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Rose McConnell Long (April 8, 1892 – May 27, 1970) was a United States Senator and the wife of Huey Long. She was the third woman to ever serve as a U.S. Senator, and the first from Louisiana. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Born in Greensburg, Indiana, her family moved to Shreveport, Louisiana in 1901, where Rose attended the public schools and later became a local schoolteacher. She met Huey Long after she won a cake baking contest that he had organized to promote a product he was...