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  1. cawp.rutgers.edu › congress › women-us-senate-2019Women in the U.S. Senate 2019 - CAWP

    Rebecca Latimer Felton (D-GA) became the first woman appointed to the Senate, but only served one day. 1932 Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-AR) , appointed in 1931 to fill a vacancy caused by her husband's death, ran for a full term and became the first woman elected to the Senate.

  2. capitolhistory.org › capitol-history-blog › widowsHow Women First Broke Into Congress | U.S. Capitol Historical ...

    On November 11, 2019, Maya Michelle Rockeymoore Cummings announced that she was running for the Maryland 7th Congressional district seat—which had been previously occupied by her late husband Elijah Cummings, who died in October of 2019.

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Women_in_the_United_StatesWomen in the United States Senate - Wikipedia

    In 1949, Margaret Chase Smith began her service in the Senate; she was the first woman to serve in both the House and Senate. Her 1960 reelection bid resulted in Chase Smith winning the nation's first-ever United States Senate election with two female major party nominees.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_most_senior_womenList of most senior women in the United States Congress

    In the Senate, Republican Margaret Chase Smith, who served for 23 years from 1949 to 1973 as a senator from Maine, was the longest-serving female Senator upon her retirement. Her record was surpassed in 2011 by Barbara Mikulski of Maryland, who served for 30 years from 1987 to 2017.

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    Name (lifespan)
    Party
    District
    Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973)
    Republican
    Montana at-large
    March 4, 1917
    Alice Robertson (1854–1931)
    Republican
    Oklahoma's 2nd
    March 4, 1921
    Mae Nolan (1886–1973)
    Republican
    California's 5th
    January 23, 1923
    Florence Kahn (1866–1948)
    Republican
    California's 4th
    March 4, 1925

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  7. www.senate.gov › senators › ListofWomenSenatorsU.S. Senate: Women Senators

    Women Senators. To date, 60 women have served in the United States Senate, with 25 serving at this time (indicated in bold print below). Visit Women of the Senate to learn more about the impact of women on the Senate. PDF.

  8. www.pewresearch.org › chart › women-in-the-us-senateWomen in the U.S. Senate, 1965-2023 - Pew Research Center

    Jan 12, 2015 · Note: Percentages are the share of women senators at the outset of each term of Congress. Source: Pew Research Center analysis of Congressional Biographical Directory data.

  9. www.nytimes.com › interactive › 2019/01/14Redefining Representation: The Women of the 116th Congress

    Jan 14, 2019 · Just over a century ago, Jeannette Rankin of Montana won a seat in the House of Representatives, becoming the first woman ever elected to federal office. In 1917, 128 years after the...