She saw no threat to marriage,[clarification needed] and argued that women in military service would develop their character and skills, thus enhancing their role in the family.

Nationalist rather than internationalist in outlook, at any rate, at present.Serving on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Bolton called Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in May 1954 after the fall of the French base at Dien Bien Phu, urging him to invite nurse Genevieve de Galard to the United States.

Arriving in Senegal on September 1, she spent the next six weeks crisscrossing the continent by plane, train, boat, and car.

She also spent a lot of time during her trip visiting schools and talking with young people, and meeting with women from all walks of life in the markets or clinics.

This film is an excellent resource for students and instructors wanting a look at several African countries/colonies in the mid-1950s and has been made available on DVD by the National Archives.

In addition to educating Congress and the general public about Africa, Bolton's trip helped to begin the process of opening doors for women to play a major role in US foreign relations.

[16] In addition to influencing US relations with Africa, another of Bolton's most lasting achievements was sponsoring legislation to purchase property across the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington.

Bolton had a phenomenal relationship with her constituents of Italian-American heritage and was known for mailing government child-care pamphlets to homes where new children were born.

[18] After rising to become ranking minority member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Bolton was defeated in a bid for a sixteenth term in 1968 by Charles Vanik.

Together, they were the parents of four children:[19] She died in Lyndhurst, Ohio, on March 9, 1977,[1] and was interred at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland.

[25] Bolton and her husband donated land adjacent to their estate in 1922 to create the campus of Hawken School in Lyndhurst, Ohio.