In today’s episode of This Day in Miami History, we look at the extraordinary life of Ruth Bryan Owen, and focus on just one way in which she broke barriers for women in South Florida and across the United States of America: When she was sworn in to represent America in Denmark.

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Reginald Bryan Owen | Denver Public Library Digital Collections

Ruth Bryan Owen: Florida’s First Congresswoman and Lifetime Activist on JSTOR

The Riddle of Ruth Bryan Owen by Daniel B. Rice | Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities

OWEN, Ruth Bryan | Biographical Directory of the United States

OWEN, Ruth Bryan | History, Art & Archives, United States House of Representatives

Envoy Ruth Bryan Owen – U.S. Embassy & Consulate in the Kingdom of Denmark

“Because I Was a Woman”: Ruth Bryan Owen and Her American Citizenship – Nebraska State Historical Society

Ruth Bryan Owen – Women Film Pioneers Project

Arguments and hearings before Elections Committee No. 1, House of Representatives, Seventy-first Congress, second session : contested election case of William C. Lawson v. Ruth Bryan Owen from the fourth congressional district of Florida | HathiTrust Digital Library