found: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, July 17, 2013(Bowring, Eva Kelly (1892-1985); a Senator from Nebraska; born in Nevada, Vernon County, Mo., January 9, 1892; rancher; vice chairwoman of the Nebraska Republican Central Committee, 1946-1954; director of the Women's Division of the Republican Party in Nebraska, 1946-1954; appointed on April 16, 1954 as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dwight Palmer Griswold, and served until November 7, 1954; was not a candidate for election to fill the vacancy; member of the National Advisory Council, National Institutes of Health, 1954-1958, 1960-1961; appointed a member of the Board of Parole, Department of Justice, 1956-1964; died in Gordon, Nebr., January 8, 1985)
found: ancestry.com, July 17, 2013(Eva Kelly Bowring; also known as Eva Kelly; Eva Forester; born January 9, 1892; daughter of John F. Kelly and M. Belle Hinkes; married T. F. Forester in 1911; married Arthur Bowring on April 13, 1928; died January 8, 1985; Rancher; U.S. Senator from Nebraska, 1954; 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; after her service in the Senate, Bowring continued ranching near Merriman; after her death, Bowring Ranch was donated to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, becoming a state historical park)
