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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] In total, 376 women have been U.S. representatives and seven more have been non-voting delegates.
List of female United States Cabinet members. Kamala Harris is the highest-ranking woman to serve in a Cabinet as Vice President of the United States. Madeleine Albright (left), Condoleezza Rice (center), and Hillary Clinton (right) are the highest-ranking women to lead a federal executive department; each held the post of Secretary of State ...
Maxine Waters and Eleanor Holmes Norton, both inaugurated in 1991, are the longest-serving African-American women (and women of color) in the House. 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 ...
The Squad is an informal left-wing group of seven Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives. [ 1] It had nine members at its high point. The Squad is known for being among the most progressive and left-wing members of the United States Congress . The squad was initially composed of four women under the age of 50, [ 2] elected in ...
Although the number of women in government in the US has grown, they still hold less than 25% of government positions nationwide. Steinhauer notes that in Congress, both in the Senate and the House of Representatives, women historically and currently are under represented. No political gender quotas exist, mandatory or voluntary.
List of Muslim members of the United States Congress. This is a list of Muslim members of the United States Congress . As of 2023, only four Muslim Americans have ever been elected to Congress, the first being Keith Ellison in 2006. [ 1] Three Muslims currently serve in Congress, all in the House of Representatives. All four are Democrats .
House of Representatives: Democratic: May 30, 1966 January 9, 1967 224 days Verda James Wyoming: House of Representatives: Republican: January 14, 1969: January 12, 1971: 1 year, 363 days Vera Katz Oregon: House of Representatives: Democratic: January 14, 1985: November 10, 1990: 5 years, 300 days Debra R. Anderson South Dakota: House of ...
Rashida Harbi Tlaib [a] ( / təˈliːb / tə-LEEB; born July 24, 1976) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the U.S. representative for Michigan's 12th congressional district. She is the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress and one of the first two Muslim women elected (along with Ilhan Omar) to Congress.