Editing Eva Bowring

{{Short description|American politician (1892–1985)}}
{{redirect|Senator Bowring|her husband, who served in the Nebraska State Senate|Arthur Bowring}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name        = Eva Bowring
|image       = Eva Kelly Bowring (cropped).jpg
|jr/sr       = United States Senator
|state       = [[Nebraska]]
|term_start  = April 16, 1954
|term_end    = November 7, 1954
|appointed   = [[Robert B. Crosby]]
|predecessor = [[Dwight Griswold]]
|successor   = [[Hazel Abel]]
|birth_date  = {{birth date|1892|1|9}}
|birth_place = [[Nevada, Missouri]], U.S.
|death_date  = {{death date and age|1985|1|8|1892|1|9}}
|death_place = [[Gordon, Nebraska]], U.S.
|party       = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse      = [[Arthur Bowring]]
}}
'''Eva Bowring''' (née '''Kelly'''; January 9, 1892{{spaced ndash}}January 8, 1985) was a [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] from [[Nebraska]]. Bowring was born in [[Nevada, Missouri]]. In 1928, she married [[Arthur Bowring]]. They made their home at the Bowring Ranch near [[Merriman, Nebraska|Merriman]] in [[Cherry County, Nebraska]].<ref>[https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/B/BOWRING,-Eva-Kelly-(B000709)/ History, Art & Archives-United States House of Representatives-Eva Kelly Bowring]</ref>

Bowring was active in [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] politics in Nebraska. She was appointed to the [[United States Senate]] by Governor [[Robert B. Crosby]] to fill the vacancy caused by the death of [[Dwight Griswold]], making her the first woman to represent Nebraska in the Senate. She served from April 16, 1954, to November 7, 1954. Bowring was the fourth of six Senators to serve during the fifteenth Senate term for [[List of United States Senators from Nebraska|Nebraska's Class 2 seat]], from January 3, 1949, to January 3, 1955.

After her service in the Senate, Bowring continued ranching near Merriman. She served part-time on the Board of Parole of the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] from 1956 to 1964. She died in 1985, only one day before her 93rd birthday. After her death, Bowring Ranch was donated to the [[Nebraska Game and Parks Commission]], becoming [[Bowring Ranch State Historical Park]].

== See also ==
* [[Women in the United States Senate]]

==References==
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== External links ==
*{{Find a Grave|7267499}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040110212402/http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/parks/guides/parksearch/showpark.asp?Area_No=276 Bowring Ranch State Historical Park]
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/  The Political Graveyard]
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