Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will deliver remarks at George Mason University on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. ET. The Secretary will outline the United States’ relationship with #Africa and the U.S. government’s desire to strengthen ties with African partners through greater security, trade and investment, and good governance. Watch live at state.gov.

In honor of Women’s History Month we are highlighting the service of Ruth Bryan Owen, America’s first woman diplomat. She served as minister to Denmark from 1933 to 1936. Owen represented Florida in the House of Representatives from 1929 to 1933 and was an alternate U.S. representative to the United Nations in 1949. This portrait of Owen is part of a collection that is housed in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. #WomensHistoryMonth