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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]
House of Representatives: Republican: January 13, 1987: January 12, 1988: 364 days Jane Dee Hull Arizona: House of Representatives: Republican: January 2, 1989: July, 1992: 3 years, 181 days Dee Long Minnesota: House of Representatives: Democratic–Farmer–Labor: January 6, 1992: September 15, 1993: 1 year, 252 days Ramona Barnes Alaska ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives. It includes members of the United States House of Representatives that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
“Women deserve women’s only spaces.” The announcement comes after Republican House members pushed for the policy change , following the election of Sarah McBride of Delaware, the first ...
More Republican women than ever are running for the House in 2020. "My grandmother was the first woman ever elected to Dallas City Council and that was in 1957, so I have been around trailblazing ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of December 8, 2024, the 118th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Patsy Mink, who was the dean of women in the House from 1997 to 2002, was the longest-serving Asian-American woman in the House (and Congress). Carol Moseley-Braun is the longest-serving (and first) African-American woman (and woman of color) in the Senate. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the longest-serving Hispanic or Latina American woman in the ...
The following are historical lists of the youngest members of the United States Congress, in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.These members would be the equivalent to the "Baby of the House" in the parliaments of Commonwealth countries; the U.S. Congress does not confer a similar title upon its youngest members.