Florence Kahn
Florence Prag Kahn (November 9, 1866 – November 16, 1948) was an American teacher and politician. In 1925 she became the first Jewish woman to serve in the United States Congress. She was only the fifth woman to serve in Congress, and the second from California. Mae Nolan, from San Francisco was the first. Like Nolan, Kahn took the seat in the House of Representatives when her husband, Congressman Julius Kahn, died. Rather than just fill his term, Florence Kahn
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