When President Truman appointed Iowa born Eugenie Moore Anderson
U.S. Ambassador to Denmark on October 28, 1949; she had the distinction
of becoming the first American woman so serve in the position. Later in 1962,
as minister to Bulgaria, she became the first woman to represent the United
States in a country allied with the Soviet Union.
28
Oct
SHE WAS THE FIRST FEMALE AMBASSADOR
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