Ruth Baird Leavitt Owen Rohde (née Bryan; October 2, 1885 – July 26, 1954), also known as Ruth Bryan Owen, was an American politician and diplomat who represented Florida's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933 and served as United States Envoy to Denmark from 1933 to 1936.

[2] A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first female chief of mission at the minister rank in U.S. diplomatic history under President Franklin D.

In 1903 she dropped out of the University of Nebraska to marry William H. Leavitt, a well-known Newport, Rhode Island, portrait painter.

[11] The storyline was said to revolve around a shah dethroned by his jealous subordinate, who in turn uses his new power to torture young women who do not amuse him.

Towards the end, the sadistic ruler runs into the most beautiful one of all, and the exiled shah returns just in time to save the young woman from his nemesis.

According to the Moving Picture World, the costuming was ornate and elaborately done, the staging was complicated, and the mise-en-scène evoked an "atmosphere of experience in the Far East".

[10] Owen had done extensive traveling, and visited countries such as India, Burma, Sri Lanka, China and Japan.

Her correspondence with Dunlap also revealed her intent to become one of the first female filmmakers in the U.S. Owen funded the film solely from her earnings on the public speaking circuit.

In her letters, Owen discussed the support she gained from the General Federation of Women's Clubs, and their contribution to help secure a distribution deal with the Society for Visual Education.

It then included nearly the entire east coast of the state from Jacksonville to the Florida Keys: with Miami, Orlando and St. Augustine.

Having played a significant role when a hurricane hit Miami in 1927 and put efforts into promotions in newspapers, she defeated Sears by more than 14,000 votes[15] and began her term of office on March 4, 1929, while a widow and mother of four.

[16][17] Owen ran for re-election in 1930, defeating Daytona Beach attorney Dewitt T. Deen by a wide margin in the June Democratic primary.

[24][25] She served as a delegate to the 1945 San Francisco Conference, which established the United Nations after World War II.

In 1939, Ruth Bryan Owen and her husband purchased "The Cedars", in Alderson, West Virginia, and began making repairs.