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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.
In the post-[[World War II]] years, Rogers emerged as a fierce [[anti-communist]], publicly giving support to the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] (known as the [[HUAC]]).<ref name=history.house.govbio/> She backed the investigations conducted by [[Wisconsin]] senator [[Joseph McCarthy]], and called for expelling [[United Nations]] headquarters from [[New York City]] if communist [[China]] was admitted to the international organization.<ref name=history.house.govbio/>
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