Edna F. Kelly

Edna Flannery Kelly (August 20, 1906 – December 14, 1997) was an American politician who served ten terms as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1949 to 1969.

[1][2] She was elected to Congress in 1949 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Andrew L. Somers and served from November 8, 1949 until January 3, 1969.

[3] During her tenure, Kelly was responsible for measures that settled displaced people after World War II and refugees for Russia and Eastern Europe.

[4] One news report pointed to her advocacy of "women's and social issues, drawing attention to inequities in pay, credit and tax policy, including what she considered inadequate deductions for child care.

She was married to New York City Court Justice Edward L. Kelly of Brooklyn, who was killed in a 1942 car crash.