Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-KN-21269
Members of the Senate Ladies Red Cross Unit sit at a table during a luncheon (attended by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy) in the Old Supreme Court Chamber, United States Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. The Red Cross unit (also known as “Ladies of the Senate”) is comprised of the wives of members of the US Senate. Left to right (at table in foreground): former Director of the Women’s Bureau in the Department of Labor, Mary Anderson; Ellen Proxmire, wife of Senator William Proxmire (Wisconsin); Bethine Church, wife of Senator Frank Church (Idaho); Phyllis Moss, wife of Senator Frank E. Moss (Utah); unidentified (back to camera); Ruth Case, wife of Senator Clifford Case (New Jersey). Visible in the background: Ellyn Lo Fong, wife of Senator Hiram Fong (Hawaii); Mary Randolph, wife of Senator Jennings Randolph (West Virginia); former Senator Eva Bowring of Nebraska.