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Rogers overwhelmingly won the Republican nomination<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619019 MA District 5 - Special R Primary Race - Jun 16, 1925]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> and handily defeated Democrat opponent Eugene Foss in the special general election to succeed her late husband.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619018 MA District 5 - Special Election Race - Jun 30, 1925]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> In her early tenure, she was an adamant [[conservative]], beginning her political career as a [[Calvin Coolidge|Coolidge]] Republican.<ref name=politiciansvoteropinion>Fascinating Politics (September 2, 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/09/02/when-do-politicians-surrender-their-opinion-to-voter-will/ When Do Politicians Surrender Their Opinion to Voter Will?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>

Rogers overwhelmingly won the Republican nomination<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619019 MA District 5 - Special R Primary Race - Jun 16, 1925]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> and handily defeated Democrat opponent Eugene Foss in the special general election to succeed her late husband.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=619018 MA District 5 - Special Election Race - Jun 30, 1925]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> In her early tenure, she was an adamant [[conservative]], beginning her political career as a [[Calvin Coolidge|Coolidge]] Republican.<ref name=politiciansvoteropinion>Fascinating Politics (September 2, 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/09/02/when-do-politicians-surrender-their-opinion-to-voter-will/ When Do Politicians Surrender Their Opinion to Voter Will?]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>

During the 1930s, Rogers was among the earliest steadfast opponents of [[fascism]], denouncing [[Nazi]] racial bigotry.<ref name=history.house.govbio/> She co-sponsored the Wagner-Rogers bill along with [[New York]] senator Robert F. Wagner in 1939 to help Jewish children in Nazi Germany flee to the [[United States]] for safety; the legislation failed to pass the Senate due to being blocked by anti-Semitic North Carolina senator Robert R. Reynolds.

During the 1930s, Rogers was among the earliest steadfast opponents of [[fascism]], denouncing [[Nazi]] racial bigotry.<ref name=history.house.govbio/> She co-sponsored the Wagner-Rogers bill along with [[New York]] senator Robert F. Wagner in 1939 to help Jewish children in Nazi Germany flee to the [[United States]] for safety; the legislation failed to pass the Senate due to being blocked by anti-Semitic North Carolina senator Robert R. Reynolds.

Rogers voted for [[anti-lynching legislation]] in 1937 and 1940, the Gavagan-Wagner Act and Gavagan-[[Hamilton Fish, III|Fish]] Act respectively.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/76-3/h96 TO PASS H.R. 801, A BILL TO MAKE LYNCHING A FEDERAL CRIME.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>

Rogers voted for [[anti-lynching legislation]] in 1937 and 1940, the Gavagan-Wagner Act and Gavagan-[[Hamilton Fish, III|Fish]] Act respectively.<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/75-1/h27 TO PASS H. R. 1507, AN ANTI-LYNCHING BILL.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/76-3/h96 TO PASS H.R. 801, A BILL TO MAKE LYNCHING A FEDERAL CRIME.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>