Florence Prag Kahn
Florence Prag Kahn ( born November 9, 1866 in Salt Lake City, Utah, † November 16, 1948 in San Francisco, California ) was an American politician. Between 1925 and 1937, she represented the state of California in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Career
Florence Prague, so her maiden name, moved in 1869 with her parents to San Francisco. There she attended until 1883 the Girls' High School. She then studied until 1887 at the University of California at Berkeley. In the following years she taught as a teacher, the subjects English and history. In 1899 she married the future Congressman Julius Kahn, with whom she would have two sons. Like her husband, she was a member of the Republican Party.
After the death of her husband, who died during his time as an MP, she was elected as his successor to Congress, where they took up their new mandate on March 4, 1925. After five elections she was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1937 six legislative periods. Florence Kahn was the first woman of Jewish faith in Congress. During her time in Parliament, many of the New Deal legislation of the Federal Government there were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933, where her party but rather opposed to standing. In 1933, the 20th and the 21st Amendment to the Constitution ratified. Kahn was then also the first female member of the Military Committee.
In 1936, Kahn was not re-elected. After the end of their time in the U.S. House of Representatives she was working to inspire more women in politics. She was a member of the Zionist Hadassah Women's Association and the American Association of University Women. Florence Kahn died on 16 November 1948 in San Francisco.