House Committee on Un-American Activities and Senator Joseph McCarthy during the "Red Scare". Although she supported the United Nations, in 1953 she said that UN headquarters should be expelled from the U.S. if communist China were admitted. In 1954, she opposed sending U.S. soldiers to Vietnam. Death and legacy Edith Rogers died on September 10, 1960, at Philips House, Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, Massachusetts in the midst of her 19th Congressional campaign. She was interred with her husband in Lowell Cemetery, in their hometown of Lowell. She received many honors during her life, including the Distinguished Service Medal of the American Legion in 1950. In honor of her work with veterans, the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts bears her name. The Women's Army Corps Museum (now the United States Army Women's Museum), established on May 14, 1955, in Fort McClellan, Alabama, was renamed the Edith Nourse Rogers Museum on August 18, 1961, but returned to its original name on May 14, 1977. The E.N. Rogers Middle School in Lowell, Massachusetts is named after Edith Rogers. Among its famous graduates is former Congressman, and current chancellor of The University of Massachusetts Lowell, Marty Meehan, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 5, 1993, to July 1, 2007. E.N. Rogers Middle School serves approximately 500 students in grades 5 through 8. In 1998, Rogers was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Governor Deval Patrick signed a Proclamation declaring June 30, 2012, as "Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers Day." See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99) Women in the United States House of Representatives References Further reading Bellafaire, Judith A. "The Women's Army Corps: A commemoration of World War II service." United States Army Center of Military History publication 72-15. (brochure online) Brown, Dorothy M. (1999). "Edith Nourse Rogers: biographical sketch," eds John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. American National Biography, volume 18. (paper online) Leventhal, Robert S. (2002). "'Believe the unbelievable': The American response to the Nazi genocide of the Jews, 1933–1945". Retrieved February 16, 2005. Morden, Bettie J. (1990). The Women's Army Corp, 1945–1978. United States Army Center of Military History publication 30-14. (book online) Synnott, Marcia G. "Edith Nourse Rogers." The Devens Historical Museum. Retrieved February 15, 2005. External links Retrieved on 2008-02-17 Rogers, Edith Nourse, 1881-1960. Papers, 1854-1961: A Finding Aid. Schlesinger Library,