All Politics & Leaders

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.

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.
Category: Academy & Education, Activism & Feminism, Politics & Leaders.

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.
Category: Politics & Leaders, Law.

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.
Category: Politics & Leaders.

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.
Category: Politics & Leaders, Media, Theater & Cinema.

A social and political reformer in Portland, Oregon, and the first woman elected to the US Congress from Oregon state.
Category: Politics & Leaders.

A politician, lawyer, educator, author, and commentator. The 47th Governor of Michigan – the first woman in this position.
Category: Politics & Leaders, Law.

A politician and diplomat. The first female Secretary of State in the US.
Category: Politics & Leaders.

Democratic Socialist politician, the youngest woman ever to serve in the United States Congress.
Category: Politics & Leaders.

A Native American tribal leader, served as president of the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe.
Category: Politics & Leaders.