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Jeannette Rankin was the first woman in the US congress.
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Jeanette Rankin, a Republican from Montana, was the first woman to serve in the United States Congress. She served in the House of Representatives from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1941 to 1943.
Jeannette Rankin, a US representative from Montana, was the first woman to serve in the US Congress, elected in 1916. This was three years before the 19th Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote in the US. But Montana had already enacted women's suffrage laws in 1914, in part due to the efforts of women including Rankin.Rankin won a second time (in a different district) in 1940. A staunch pacifist, Rankin remains the only woman to have everrepresented Montana in Congress.
Shirley Anita Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968.
Actually who you thought: Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin, a US representative from Montana, was the first woman to serve in the US Congress, elected in 1916. This was three years before the 19th Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote in the US. But Montana had already enacted women's suffrage laws in 1914, in part due to the efforts of women including Rankin.Rankin won a second time (in a different district) in 1940. A staunch pacifist, Rankin remains the only woman to have everrepresented Montana in Congress.
The first black woman mp in Britain was Diane Abbott
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