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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>
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>
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.
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