Edith Nourse Rogers

Biography

Edith Nourse Rogers was a congresswoman whose decades of public service championed veterans’ rights, women’s opportunities, and the welfare of her constituents. She helped create the Women’s Army Corps and was a tireless advocate for those who served, earning enduring respect on Capitol Hill.

Her legacy endures through the policies she helped enact and through the many lives she touched, remembered fondly at Congressional Cemetery where she rests.