Bowring, Eva, 1892-1985

LC control no.	no2013076372
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Bowring, Eva, 1892-1985 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Kelly, Eva, 1892-1985 Forester, Eva, 1892-1985
Birth date	1892-01-09
Death date	1985-01-08
Place of birth	Nevada (Mo.)
Place of death	Gordon (Neb.)
Affiliation	Nebraska. Republican Central Committee United States. Congress. Senate National Institutes of Health (U.S.) United States. Board of Parole Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Ranchers Legislators--United States
Found in	Eva Bowring: the life, family and politics of Nebraska's first lady senator, 1998 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, July 17, 2013 (Bowring, Eva Kelly (1892-1985); a Senator from Nebraska; born in Nevada, Vernon County, Mo., January 9, 1892; rancher; vice chairwoman of the Nebraska Republican Central Committee, 1946-1954; director of the Women's Division of the Republican Party in Nebraska, 1946-1954; appointed on April 16, 1954 as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dwight Palmer Griswold, and served until November 7, 1954; was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy; member of the National Advisory Council, National Institutes of Health, 1954-1958, 1960-1961; appointed a member of the Board of Parole, Department of Justice, 1956-1964; died in Gordon, Nebr., January 8, 1985) ancestry.com, July 17, 2013 (Eva Kelly Bowring; also known as Eva Kelly; Eva Forester; born January 9, 1892; daughter of John F. Kelly and M. Belle Hinkes; married T. F. Forester in 1911; married Arthur Bowring on April 13, 1928; died January 8, 1985; Rancher; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1954; she was appointed to the United States Senate by Governor Robert B. Crosby to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dwight Griswold, making her the first woman to represent Nebraska in the Senate; after her service in the Senate, Bowring continued ranching near Merriman; after her death, Bowring Ranch was donated to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, becoming a state historical park)