Question: edford Veterans Affairs Medical Center was expanded through the efforts of which Massachusetts female politician?
Context: Children’s National Medical Center (formerly DC Children’s Hospital) is ranked among the top 10 children’s hospitals in the country by "U.S. News & World Report."  Located just north of the McMillan Reservoir and Howard University, it shares grounds with Washington Hospital Center, National Rehabilitation Hospital, and the DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center.  Kurt Newman, M.D., has served as the president and chief executive officer of Children’s National since 2011.  Children's National is a not-for-profit institution that performs more than 450,000 visits each year.  Featuring 303 beds and a Level IV NICU, Children's National is the regional referral center for pediatric emergency, trauma, cancer, cardiac and critical care as well as neonatology, orthopaedic surgery, neurology and neurosurgery. The Northampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, formerly the Northampton Veterans Administration Hospital, is a facility of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at 421 Main Street in the Leeds section of northern Northampton, Massachusetts.  Its campus once consisted of about 286 acre of land, which had by 2012 been reduced to 105 acre .  The hospital was opened in 1924 to treat neuropsychiatric patients, but now provides a wider array of medical services. Wadsworth Chapel, also known as the Catholic-Protestant Chapels, is actually two separate chapels under one roof on the campus of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Los Angeles, California.  The structure was built in 1900 and was closed in 1971 after being damaged in the 1971 Sylmar earthquake.  It is the oldest building on Wilshire Boulevard and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.  The structure has fallen into a state of disrepair due to the lack of funds within the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to pay for the required repairs and renovation. Edith Nourse Rogers (March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who was one of the first women to serve in the United States Congress.  She was the first woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts.  Until 2012, she was the longest serving Congresswoman (later surpassed by Barbara Mikulski).  In her 35 years in the House of Representatives she was a powerful voice for veterans and sponsored seminal legislation, including the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly known as the G.I. Bill), which provided educational and financial benefits for soldiers returning home from World War II, the 1942 bill that created the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), and the 1943 bill that created the Women's Army Corps (WAC).  She was also instrumental in bringing federal appropriations to her constituency, Massachusetts's 5th congressional district. Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center, located in Lexington, Kentucky, is 199 bed medical facility owned by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.  The Lexington Veterans Affairs Medical Center is a fully accredited, two-division, tertiary care medical center with an operating bed complement of 199 hospital beds.  Acute medical, neurological, surgical and psychiatric inpatient services are provided at the Cooper Division, located adjacent to the University of Kentucky Medical Center.  Other available services include: emergency care, medical-surgical units, acute psychiatry, ICU, progressive care unit, (includes Cardiac Cath Lab) ambulatory surgery, OR/PACU, hemodialysis, medicine specialty clinics, surgery specialty clinics, and outpatient primary and specialty care. The San Francisco VA Medical Center, also called the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center or the SFVAMC, is a Veterans Affairs medical center, located in San Francisco.  The main facility is on 42nd Avenue and Clement Street at the former Fort Miley Military Reservation in the Richmond District.  Fort Miley is located south of the Golden Gate and west of the San Francisco Presidio, on Point Lobos (San Francisco) surrounded by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Marion Veterans Affairs Medical Center, also known as Marion Veterans Administration Hospital, is a Veterans Affairs hospital in Marion, Illinois.  The hospital is responsible for providing healthcare to U.S. military veterans in Southern Illinois and neighboring states.  The hospital was built in 1939-41 following a local campaign for a veterans' hospital in Southern Illinois.  It was part of the second generation of VA hospitals in the U.S., which were built from 1920 to 1950.  The Marion VA Hospital is the only VA hospital built during this period which was designed in the Egyptian Revival style, which was chosen to recognize the region's nickname of "Little Egypt"; elements of the style used in the building include its pyramidal roof, projecting pavilion, and smooth outer walls with multicolored ornamentation. The Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center is located at 4100 West 3rd Street in Dayton, Ohio.  Founded in 1867, it is one of the three oldest facilities of what is now the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.  When founded, it was known as the Central Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and it is under this name that a portion of its campus, along with the adjacent Dayton National Cemetery, was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2012, for its role in the history and management of veterans affairs. Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, US, is a health sciences university.  It includes a medical school, Baylor College of Medicine; the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; the School of Allied Health Sciences; and the National School of Tropical Medicine.  The school, located in the middle of the world's largest medical center (Texas Medical Center), is part owner of Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, part of the CHI St. Luke's Health system, and has hospital affiliations with: Harris Health System, Texas Children's Hospital, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Memorial Hermann - The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, Menninger Clinic, the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Children's Hospital of San Antonio. The Bedford Veterans Affairs Medical Center, also known as the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, is a medical facility of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) at 200 Springs Road in Bedford, Massachusetts.  Its campus once consisted of about 276 acre of land, which had by 2012 been reduced to 179 acre .  The hospital was opened in 1928 to treat neuropsychiatric patients, but now provides a wider array of medical services.  Through the efforts of Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, the center was expanded to offer services to women in 1947; her role led to the center being renamed in her honor by President Jimmy Carter.
Answer: Edith Nourse Rogers