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    Hattie Caraway

    United States Senator from Arkansas and first woman elected to the U.S. Senate, first woman to preside over the senate, first woman to chair a senate committee, and first woman to preside over a senate hearing

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  1. 1 day ago · The first female U.S. senator, Rebecca Latimer Felton, represented Georgia for a single day in 1922, and the first woman elected to the Senate, Hattie Caraway, was elected from Arkansas in 1932. Sixty women have served in the upper house of the United States Congress since its establishment in 1789.

  2. 5 hours ago · The 1938 United States Senate elections occurred in the middle of Franklin D. Roosevelt 's second term. The 32 seats of Class 3 were contested in regular elections, and special elections were held to fill vacancies. The Republicans gained eight seats from the Democrats, though this occurred after multiple Democratic gains since the 1932 ...

  3. 4 days ago · The most illustrious figures, as well as less-known stars, are revealed in The American Women’s Almanac, including Abigail Adams, Louisa May Alcott, Maya Angelou, Susan B. Anthony, Ruth Asawa, Clara Barton, Sara Blakely, Nellie Bly, Tarana Burke, Annie Jump Cannon, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Carrie Chapman Catt, Bessie Coleman, Rebecca Harding ...

  4. 1 day ago · Coordinates: 38°53′26″N77°0′32″W38.89056°N 77.00889°W. The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress. The United States Senate and the lower chamber of Congress, the United States House of Representatives, comprise the federal bicameral legislature of the United States.

  5. 4 days ago · Gruyere, a hard Swiss cheese with alluring nuttiness, teams up with whole-grain mustard and caraway seeds to give these cracker coins a French flair.

  6. 4 days ago · After a nearly all-white board of directors attempted to shut it down, Wyatt Academy in Denver is now recruiting board members with "diverse" backgrounds.

  7. 5 days ago · THIS DAY IN HISTORY January 11 1964 U.S. Surgeon General announces definitive link between smoking and cancer United States Surgeon General Luther Terry knew his report was a bombshell. He intentionally chose to release it on January 11, 1964, a Saturday, so as to limit its immediate effects on t...

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