She was elected to the United States House of Representatives from California's 14th congressional district as a liberal Democrat in 1944, and served three full terms as " a principled advocate of women's rights, civil liberties and world disarmament.

She was elected to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1992, and at the same time in a special election to finish the remaining months in 1992 of the term of Congressman Walter B. Jones, Sr ..

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