{"id":113372,"date":"2023-03-30T09:08:25","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T13:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/va-history\/?p=113372"},"modified":"2025-03-25T15:45:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:45:10","slug":"edith-nourse-rogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/edith-nourse-rogers\/","title":{"rendered":"Edith Nourse Rogers, Champion of Veterans and Women in the Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image113372_da2476-e9.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image113372_da2476-e9 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:450px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113372_da2476-e9.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113372_da2476-e9 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image113372_da2476-e9 figure{max-width:450px;}.kb-image113372_da2476-e9 .image-is-svg, .kb-image113372_da2476-e9 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image113372_da2476-e9 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image113372_da2476-e9\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/041-ENR01-e1680180975697.jpg?w=765\" alt=\"Congresswoman Edith Rogers\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-113390\" \/><figcaption>Congresswoman Edith Rogers (R-MA) wielding the speaker\u2019s gavel at a session of the House of Representatives in 1929. Elected in 1925, she served 18 consecutive terms until her death in 1960. (Library of Congress)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In photos with her fellow politicians, she often appears as the only woman in the frame. Yet, Edith Nourse Rogers never hesitated to speak up on the issues that mattered most to her. She dedicated much of her time in office to supporting Veterans and advocating for their welfare. She also fought with great success to elevate the status of women within the military. Rogers adopted the military motto \u201cFight hard, fight fair, and persevere\u201d as her own and that mindset served her well as she navigated the male-dominated corridors of power during a trailblazing political career that spanned 35 years and 18 consecutive sessions of Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Born in 1881 into an established New England family, Rogers enjoyed a refined upbringing. Her father managed a textile mill in Lowell, Massachusetts, and her mother immersed herself in volunteer social work at the family\u2019s church. Edith often accompanied her mother, providing aid to those in need. A young Edith was tutored privately before attending boarding school and then finishing school in Paris. In 1907 she married lawyer John Rogers, who in 1912 was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives for Massachusetts\u2019s Fifth District. When John served on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Edith traveled with him to the United Kingdom and France during World War I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers\u2019s volunteer experience proved invaluable. In both England and France, she served in the Red Cross, tending injured soldiers. From her \u201cboots on the ground\u201d vantage point, Rogers kept President Woodrow Wilson apprised of the medical treatment American servicemen were receiving overseas. Upon returning to the United States, she joined the newly founded American Legion as part of its women\u2019s auxiliary. Rogers continued her service to Veterans in Washington, D.C. as a Gray Lady for the American Red Cross and was dubbed the \u201cAngel of Walter Reed Hospital.\u201d Her early interactions with military personnel shaped the course of her later political career and dictated the causes that would become her life\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image113372_be3475-c6.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image113372_be3475-c6 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:500px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113372_be3475-c6.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113372_be3475-c6 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image113372_be3475-c6 figure{max-width:500px;}.kb-image113372_be3475-c6 .image-is-svg, .kb-image113372_be3475-c6 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image113372_be3475-c6 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image113372_be3475-c6\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/041-ENR02-e1680179899831.jpg?w=903\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/041-ENR02-e1680179899831.jpg?w=903\" alt=\"Edith Rogers and other members of the House\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-113387\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Rogers and other members of the House confer with the American ambassador to Spain over a sensitive report about Spain\u2019s tilt towards Nazi Germany on the eve of World War II. (Library of Congress) <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her husband\u2019s untimely death in 1925 launched Rogers\u2019 life in a new direction. Although women had gained the right to vote a mere five years earlier and a grand total of six had been elected to Congress, Rogers decided to run for her late husband\u2019s seat. She won the special election in a landslide, beating her Democratic opponent, former mayor Eugene Foss, with 72 percent of the vote. During her first year in <a href=\"https:\/\/history.house.gov\/People\/Detail\/20569\" rel=\"noopener\">office<\/a>, Rogers made her voice heard, sponsoring a bill that created a permanent U.S. Army Nurse Corps. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following year, she supported legislation establishing pensions for Army nurses who served in the war and disability payments for those who sustained injuries in the line of duty. Rogers also secured an assignment on and soon chaired the newly established Committee on World War Veterans&#8217; Legislation, thus beginning her decades\u2019 long commitment to advancing the welfare of Veterans. During the second half of the decade, Rogers and other committee members oversaw the appropriation of millions of dollars for the construction of veterans hospitals. In 1930, she supported the <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/featured-stories\/vas-birthday\/\">Veterans\u2019 Administration Act<\/a>, which consolidated all of the government offices responsible for Veterans benefits and medical care into a single federal agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the years preceding World War II, Rogers was one of the first politicians to condemn Adolf Hitler and anti-Semitism. She spoke candidly about the treatment of European Jews and encouraged government officials to accept refugee ships. In 1939, she co-sponsored a bill with Robert F. Wagner, the Democratic Senator from New York, that would have allowed upwards of 20,000 Jews, age 14 and under, into the country. The Wagner-Rogers bill unfortunately failed, with tragic results.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image113372_76aef9-5f.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image113372_76aef9-5f .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:500px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113372_76aef9-5f.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113372_76aef9-5f .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image113372_76aef9-5f figure{max-width:500px;}.kb-image113372_76aef9-5f .image-is-svg, .kb-image113372_76aef9-5f .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image113372_76aef9-5f .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image113372_76aef9-5f\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/041-ENR03.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/041-ENR03.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rogers and Women\u2019s Auxiliary Army Corps members\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-113388\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Rogers surrounded by members of the Women\u2019s Auxiliary Army Corps at the Fort Des Moines, Iowa, training center in 1942. She delivered the graduation address to the first class of officer candidates. (AP Wirephoto)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1941, Rogers launched a new legislative effort that would have great ramifications for future generations of women. On May 28, she introduced a bill to establish a women\u2019s corps within the Army independent of the Nurse Corps. After much heated debate and several amendments, her bill passed almost a year later, on May 14, 1942. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law creating the <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-56-waac\/\">Women\u2019s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)<\/a> compromised her vision, as women serving in the WAAC were not granted <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/featured-stories\/hello-girls\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"114828\">military status<\/a>, thus depriving them of life <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/081-wwi-insurance-certificate\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"115445\">insurance <\/a>and other <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/exhibits\/origin-of-health-care-women-veterans\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"114366\">benefits <\/a>given to male soldiers. Nonetheless, WAACs performed a variety of essential jobs for the Army and proved so indispensable that military leaders dropped their opposition to allowing women to serve in the Army on the same general terms as men.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers had the satisfaction of sponsoring a new bill establishing the Women\u2019s Army Corps that became law in mid-1943. Overall, about 150,000 women served in the WAAC and WAC and they were employed in every major theater of operations during the war. The WAC was largely demobilized by 1946, but two years later, President Harry S. Truman signed the Women\u2019s Armed Services Act, which allowed women to enlist in all branches of the armed forces. This measure fulfilled Rogers\u2019 ambition of securing for women the same right and opportunity to serve their country as men.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the war, Rogers made an enduring contribution to the other cause dear to her heart: the well-being of Veterans. After World War I, Rogers had seen the difficulties many Veterans experienced when they left the military. She wanted to spare the millions currently in uniform from similar hardships and do everything in her power to ease their return to civilian life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the ranking Republican on the Veterans\u2019 Legislation Committee, she joined with chair John Rankin, a Democrat from Mississippi, to take up a legislative proposal for a G.I. Bill of Rights <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-46-harry-colmerys-handwritten-draft-of-gi-bill\/\">submitted by the American Legion <\/a>in early 1944. Her work on and support for the bill helped secure its passage in Congress. In its final form, this landmark piece of legislation provided ex-service members with a package of benefits never before offered to Veterans: unemployment compensation, money for education and training, and low-interest loan guarantees to purchase a house, business, or farm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Franklin D. Roosevelt invited Rogers to the historic bill-signing ceremony held on June 22, 1944. She was given a place of prominence just behind him and, in recognition of her efforts on behalf of the bill, Roosevelt handed his pen to Rogers after he signed it.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image113372_0064e0-13.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image113372_0064e0-13 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:550px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113372_0064e0-13.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113372_0064e0-13 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image113372_0064e0-13 figure{max-width:550px;}.kb-image113372_0064e0-13 .image-is-svg, .kb-image113372_0064e0-13 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image113372_0064e0-13 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image113372_0064e0-13\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/041-ENR04.jpg?resize=1024,694\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/041-ENR04.jpg?resize=1024,694\" alt=\"Edith Rogers at signing of GI Bill. \" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-113389\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Rogers leans in as President Franklin Roosevelt signs the GI Bill on June 22, 1944. Moments later, Roosevelt handed her the signing pen as a token of appreciation for her co-sponsorship of the bill. (FDR Library)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the post-war era, Rogers continued to serve as a powerful advocate for Veterans. During the Korean War, she played a key role in getting Congress to approve a new version of the G.I. Bill granting educational and loan benefits to Veterans of that conflict. She also endorsed turning the Veterans Administration into a cabinet-level agency, an idea that would not become a reality until <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/100-objects\/object-41-creating-the-department-of-veterans-affairs\/\">President Ronald W. Reagan <\/a>came out in support of such a measure more than three decades later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers was not always on the right side of history. She protested some New Deal policies, and, in the 1950s, she supported Joseph McCarthy\u2019s House Committee on Un-American Activities that impinged upon citizens\u2019 civil liberties. Rogers also railed against the inclusion of communist China into the United Nations. Rogers did, however, oppose child labor and she supported <a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/history\/featured-stories\/medgar-evers\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"103790\">Civil Rights<\/a> legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image113372_f5ec61-41.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image113372_f5ec61-41 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:350px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113372_f5ec61-41.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image113372_f5ec61-41 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image113372_f5ec61-41 figure{max-width:350px;}.kb-image113372_f5ec61-41 .image-is-svg, .kb-image113372_f5ec61-41 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image113372_f5ec61-41 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image113372_f5ec61-41\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/041-ENR05.png?w=582\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/department.va.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/041-ENR05.png?w=582\" alt=\"Portrait of Edith Rogers in 1950.\" class=\"lazyload kb-img wp-image-113407\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Veterans donated this portrait of Rogers in 1950. (Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although she advocated for women\u2019s causes, Rogers would not have considered herself a feminist. She believed a woman\u2019s primary duty was to her family. In fact, early in her career, she voted to limit women\u2019s employment to forty-eight hours per week.&nbsp;But as a child-free progressive and careerist, she championed women who chose to serve in the military like no other politician of her time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout her political career, Rogers sponsored more than 1,200 bills, nearly half of which concerned Veterans\u2019 issues, and she continued fighting on their behalf from her seat in Congress until the day she died in 1960 at age 79. She received many honors both during her lifetime and afterwards. Rogers was the first woman to receive the American Legion\u2019s Distinguished Service Cross. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 1978, on the fiftieth anniversary of its opening, the VA medical center in Bedford, Massachusetts, was renamed the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital. Twenty years later, Rogers was inducted into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womenofthehall.org\/inductee\/edith-nourse-rogers\/\" rel=\"noopener\">National Women\u2019s Hall of Fame<\/a>. Most recently, VA celebrated her name and work by establishing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.va.gov\/education\/other-va-education-benefits\/stem-scholarship\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship<\/a>, which provides an additional $30,000 for specialized training to Veterans who have exhausted their educational benefits. Her decades of public service and dedication to improving the lives of Veterans remain her most inspiring legacy today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edith Nourse Rogers was a trailblazing politician and prominent proponent for Veterans benefits. She accomplished much in her decades-long career &#8211; to include admitting women into military service and creating a G.I. 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