The first woman elected to serve a full term as a US Senator, representing Arkansas, and the first woman to chair a Senate committee.
Category: Politics & Leaders.
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Adelina Otero-Warren, 1881-1965
A suffrage leader, educator, and politician. The first Latina to run for US Congress and one of the first’s women to serve as a government official in New Mexico.
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Catherine Cortez Masto, 1964
A lawyer and Democratic politician served as the 32nd attorney general of Nevada. The first Latina in the US Senate and the first woman to represent Nevada.
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Margaret Chase Smith, 1897-1995
The first woman to serve in the US House and the US Senate representing Maine in both, and the first woman candidate for the presidency at a major party's convention.
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Clare Boothe Luce, 1903-1987
The first woman from Connecticut to be elected to US Congress, the first woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad, an author, and a playwright.
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Nan Wood Honeyman, 1881-1970
A social and political reformer in Portland, Oregon, and the first woman elected to the US Congress from Oregon state.
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Jennifer Granholm, 1959
A politician, lawyer, educator, author, and commentator. The 47th Governor of Michigan – the first woman in this position.
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Madeleine Albright, 1937
A politician and diplomat. The first female Secretary of State in the US.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 1989
Democratic Socialist politician, the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.
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Patricia Ann McGee, 1926-1994
A Native American tribal leader, served as president of the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe.
Category: Politics & Leaders.