Ruth Bryan Owen
E221546
United States ambassador
diplomat
human
member of the United States House of Representatives
politician
Ruth Bryan Owen was an American politician and diplomat who became the first woman elected to Congress from Florida and later served as U.S. minister to Denmark.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruth Bryan Owen canonical | 6 |
| Ruth Baird Bryan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1688701 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Bryan Owen Context triple: [William Jennings Bryan, child, Ruth Bryan Owen]
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A.
Edith Maude Hull
Edith Maude Hull was a British novelist best known for her popular early 20th-century desert romance "The Sheik," which became a cultural phenomenon and inspired a famous film adaptation.
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B.
Nora Stanton Blatch
Nora Stanton Blatch was a pioneering American civil engineer, architect, and women's rights activist who was among the first women in the United States to earn an engineering degree.
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C.
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch was an American suffragist and women’s rights activist, the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who played a key role in revitalizing and modernizing the U.S. women’s suffrage movement in the early 20th century.
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D.
Helen Pitts Douglass
Helen Pitts Douglass was an American suffragist and abolitionist best known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass and for preserving his legacy through the establishment of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.
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E.
Grace Elvina Hinds
Grace Elvina Hinds was an American-born socialite best known as the second wife of British statesman and former Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruth Bryan Owen Target entity description: Ruth Bryan Owen was an American politician and diplomat who became the first woman elected to Congress from Florida and later served as U.S. minister to Denmark.
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A.
Edith Maude Hull
Edith Maude Hull was a British novelist best known for her popular early 20th-century desert romance "The Sheik," which became a cultural phenomenon and inspired a famous film adaptation.
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B.
Nora Stanton Blatch
Nora Stanton Blatch was a pioneering American civil engineer, architect, and women's rights activist who was among the first women in the United States to earn an engineering degree.
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C.
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch
Harriot Eaton Stanton Blatch was an American suffragist and women’s rights activist, the daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who played a key role in revitalizing and modernizing the U.S. women’s suffrage movement in the early 20th century.
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D.
Helen Pitts Douglass
Helen Pitts Douglass was an American suffragist and abolitionist best known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass and for preserving his legacy through the establishment of the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association.
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E.
Grace Elvina Hinds
Grace Elvina Hinds was an American-born socialite best known as the second wife of British statesman and former Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States ambassador
ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ human ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
linked to:
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| birthName |
Ruth Baird Bryan
ⓘ
linked to:
Ruth Bryan Owen
|
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | stroke ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1885-10-02 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1954-07-26 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Monticello Female Academy
ⓘ
University of Nebraska–Lincoln ⓘ |
| endTime | 1933-03-03 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | European American ⓘ |
| familyName | Owen ⓘ |
| father | William Jennings Bryan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
foreign policy
ⓘ
women's rights activism ⓘ |
| givenName | Ruth ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (United States)
ⓘ
linked to:
Democratic Party
|
| mother | Mary Elizabeth Baird ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
first woman elected to the U.S. Congress from Florida
ⓘ
first woman to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee ⓘ one of the first female U.S. diplomats ⓘ |
| notableFor | supporting U.S. participation in the League of Nations ⓘ |
| notableWork | advocacy for the Everglades National Park ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
ⓘ
lecturer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Jacksonville, Florida, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Jacksonville, Florida
|
| placeOfDeath |
Copenhagen, Denmark
ⓘ
linked to:
Copenhagen
|
| positionHeld |
U.S. ambassador to Denmark
ⓘ
U.S. minister to Denmark ⓘ U.S. minister to Iceland ⓘ United States representative ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Representative
|
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| represented |
Florida's 4th congressional district
ⓘ
linked to:
4th congressional district of Florida
|
| residence | Miami, Florida, United States ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sibling |
Grace Bryan
ⓘ
William Jennings Bryan Jr. ⓘ
linked to:
William Jennings Bryan
|
| spouse |
Reginald Owen
ⓘ
William Homer Leavitt ⓘ |
| startTime | 1929-03-04 ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Copenhagen, Denmark
ⓘ
linked to:
Copenhagen
Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to:
Washington, D.C.
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ruth Bryan Owen Description of subject: Ruth Bryan Owen was an American politician and diplomat who became the first woman elected to Congress from Florida and later served as U.S. minister to Denmark.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ruth Bryan Owen