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2 days ago · Women have served in the United States House of Representatives, the lower chamber of the United States Congress, since 1917 following the election of Republican Jeannette Rankin from Montana, the first woman in Congress. [1] In total, 376 women have been U.S. representatives and seven more have been non-voting delegates.
1 day ago · First woman to be appointed to the United States Senate - Rebecca Latimer Felton - 1922; First woman to be elected to the United States Senate - Hattie Caraway - 1932; First female to preside over the Senate – Hattie Caraway of Arkansas - 1943; First female to serve in both houses of Congress – Margaret Chase Smith of Maine - 1948
2 days ago · The group was also among the first to support Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the state’s first openly transgender woman elected to the Legislature, when other lawmakers voted to censure her.
1 day ago · BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker from Montana blocked a Biden administration judicial nominee who would have been the state’s first Native American federal district court judge ...
1 day ago · Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, leads other senators in urging the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling allowing Mexico's lawsuit on guns to proceed.
3 days ago · 2021—Rep. Deb Haaland becomes first American Indian to hold a Cabinet position in U.S. history: Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.)(Laguna Pueblo), was nominated by President-elect Joe Biden to become the 54th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, making her the first American Indian to hold a Cabinet post in U.S. history.
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1 day ago · Claudia Sheinbaum made history yesterday when she was elected Mexico's first female president. She captured close to 60% of the vote, the highest vote percentage in the history of Mexico's ...
