Politics

A.J. Rockne, c. 1940

Rockne seated at his senate desk

Rockne, Anton Julius (1868-1950)

Minnesota State Senator Anton J. Rockne took pride in the nickname "Watchdog of the State Treasury." Yet as America's Great Depression deepened in 1932, he fought against programs for the poor and his opponents branded him "Commander-in-Chief of the Hunger Brigade."

Eugenie Moore Anderson

Eugenie Anderson leaving Christiansborg Palace with Lord Chamberlain after presenting credentials to King Frederick IX

L to R: Eugene McCarthy, Orville Freeman, Eugenie Anderson

Eugenie Anderson

Anderson, Helen Eugenie Moore (1909-1997)

Eugenie Moore Anderson emerged a trailblazer for American women in international diplomacy during the post-World War II era. In 1949 she became the first American woman to hold the rank of ambassador.