Images and Artifacts

A Letter to Felda Looper’s Mother from the Speaker of the House

A Letter to Felda Looper?s Mother from the Speaker of the House

Speaker of the House Carl Albert of Oklahoma sent a note of praise to Maxine Looper concerning her daughter Felda Looper.

Image courtesy of Felda Looper, provided by Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

Envelope Addressed to First Woman Page

Envelope Addressed to First Woman Page

As the first full-time female Page for the U.S. House, Felda Looper attracted national attention. An Ohio Judge sent her a congratulatory note addressed to “Miss Felda Looper, First Woman Page.”

Image courtesy of Felda Looper, provided by Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

Felda Looper and Speaker of the House Carl Albert of Oklahoma

Felda Looper and Speaker of the House Carl Albert of Oklahoma

Speaker of the House Carl Albert of Oklahoma appointed Felda Looper the first full-time female House Page.

Image courtesy of Felda Looper, provided by Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

Felda Looper at the Capitol, 2007

Felda Looper at the Capitol, 2007

After her term as a Page, Felda Looper returned home to attend school and eventually became a public relations consultant.

Image courtesy of the Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

Felda Looper’s Grade School Picture

Felda Looper?s Grade School Picture

As a young girl Felda Looper visited Washington, DC, with her family and questioned then Majority Whip Carl Albert of Oklahoma about the absence of female Pages.

Image courtesy of Felda Looper, provided by Office of History and Preservation, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives

Gene Cox, the First Female Page

Gene Cox, the First Female Page

Thirteen-year-old Gene Cox, the daughter of Representative Edward Cox of Georgia served as her father’s part-time Page in 1939.

Image courtesy of the Library of Congress