Artifacts
Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, along with John Cooper of Ohio and Randolph Perkins of New Jersey, experience first-hand the world’s fastest tank in an early 1930s military demonstration at the Capitol. Rogers’ legislative career focused upon military and veterans’ issues, and included work on the G.I. Bill, which assisted many military veterans attending college.
Edith Norse Rogers and Tank at the Capitol, 1930–1932, Collection of U.S. House of Representatives