Ruth Bryan Owen

Ruth Bryan Owen
United States Ambassador to Denmark
In office May 29, 1933 – June 27, 1936
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Frederick W. B. Coleman
Succeeded by	Alvin M. Owsley
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 4th district
In office March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933
Preceded by	William J. Sears
Succeeded by	J. Mark Wilcox
Personal details
Born	Ruth Baird Bryan (1885-10-02)October 2, 1885 Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S.
Died	July 26, 1954(1954-07-26) (aged 68) Copenhagen, Denmark
Resting place	Ordrup Cemetery, Copenhagen
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	William Homer Leavitt ​ ​ (m. 1903; div. 1909)​ Reginald Altham Owen ​ ​ (m. 1910; died 1928)​ Børge Rohde ​ (m. 1936)​
Parent(s)	William Jennings Bryan Mary E. Baird
Profession	Politician, diplomat, author

Ruth Baird Leavitt Owen Rohde (née Bryan; October 2, 1885 – July 26, 1954), also known as Ruth Bryan Owen, was an American politician and diplomat who represented Florida's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933 and served as United States Envoy to Denmark from 1933 to 1936. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Florida and just the second woman ever elected to the House from the American South, after Alice Mary Robertson of Oklahoma.^[1] Owen became the first woman to earn a seat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.^[2] A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman chief of mission at the minister rank in U.S. diplomatic history under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.^[3][4]