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{{Officeholder
|name=Gracie B. Pfost
|image=
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Jack Pfost (died 1961)
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Idaho
|district=1st
|terms=January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963
|preceded=John T. Wood
|former=y
|succeeded=Compton White, Jr.
}}
}}
'''Gracie Bowers Pfost''' (March 12, 1906 – August 11, 1965) was a [[Democrat]] from [[Idaho]] who was the state's first female United States representative, serving for a decade from the first congressional district. She was known as "Hell's Belle"<ref>[https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwi/women/iwi-18.html Gracie Bowers Pfost]. ''Idaho's Women of Influence''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> due to her adamant advocacy for a large federal dam in Hells Canyon.
'''Gracie Bowers Pfost''' (March 12, 1906 – August 11, 1965) was a [[Democrat]] from [[Idaho]] who was the state's first female United States representative, serving for a decade from the first congressional district. She was known as "Hell's Belle"<ref>[https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwi/women/iwi-18.html Gracie Bowers Pfost]. ''Idaho's Women of Influence''. Retrieved August 7, 2021.</ref> due to her adamant advocacy for a large federal dam in Hells Canyon.