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As of 2025, 51 women have served as governor of a U.S. state, three as governor of an unincorporated U.S. territory, and two as mayor of the District of Columbia.In January 2025, women were serving as governor in 13 U.S. states (14 between January 9 and January 21), as mayor of the District of Columbia, and as territorial governors of Guam and Puerto Rico.
This is a list of reportedly first women who have been elected or appointed governor and/or chief minister of their respective states, provinces or dependent territories. It may or may not be accurate, given that in some countries the first woman governor may not be in reliable sources, specially ancient times female governors.
Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office. The first female governor in North America and the Americas overall was Beatriz de la Cueva—appointed in 1541, when Central America was part of Spain.
EXCLUSIVE: Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears of Virginia could make history next year as the nation's first Black woman to win election as a governor. She would also make history as Virginia's ...
It includes Women governors and heads of sub-national entities that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "First women governors" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
The average age of governors at the time of their inauguration was about 59 years old. Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [15] As of January 2025, there are 13 female state governors serving.
America has never had a female commander in chief and Republicans historically have focused less on electing female candidates in general than the Democratic Party. The 2024 Republican ...
Nikki Haley was the first female governor of South Carolina and the first person of an ethnic minority to serve as governor of South Carolina. [256] Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win the Academy Award, [252] [257] the BAFTA Award, [258] and the Critics' Choice Award for Best Director, all for The Hurt Locker (2008). [259]