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Even as women have reached near-parity in Sacramento, the ranks of female House members from California are shrinking. For the first time in decades, men also hold both U.S. Senate seats.
Name Image Territory Legislative Body Party Mandate start Mandate end Term length María Libertad Gómez Garriga Puerto Rico House of Representatives: Liberal
One woman was the 52nd Speaker of the House, Democrat Nancy Pelosi of California. Women have been elected to the House of Representatives from 49 of the 50 states . Mississippi is the only state that has not elected a woman to the House of Representatives, though it has elected a woman to the United States Senate .
Many women have been elected to parliaments around the world, starting around the first quarter of 20th century. Some of them were entrusted to take the position of Speaker of the parliament. In government, unicameralism (Latin uni, one + camera, chamber) is the practice of having one legislative or parliamentary chamber. Thus, a unicameral ...
“We have one woman in leadership, three women with powerful gavels, and at least another dozen who would be most capable of being an effective Speaker,” Julie Conway, who runs VIEW PAC — a ...
The lower house is one of two chambers in a bicameral legislature. The lower house has more power than the upper house . It usually has the power to impeach the executive in presidential republics or remove the prime minister in semi-presidential republics.
This list presents female speakers of national and territorial upper houses of their respective countries or territories. The upper house, often called the Senate, is the one of two chambers in a bicameral legislature. The upper house usually has less power than the lower house. In some countries, its members are appointed rather than elected ...
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