How many members of congress are women?

Answer 1

I found the info below on this web site: http://congress.Indiana.edu/learn_about/feature/qa_members.html#women

In the House there are 74 female Representatives. The Senate has 16 females. These are the highest numbers of women Members in the history of the Congress. Of the 16 female Senators, 11 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans. Of the 74 female Representatives, 53 are Democrats and 21 are Republicans. Two of the women House members are sisters: Loretta Sanchez and Linda Sanchez, both Democrats from California. The first woman elected to serve in Congress was Representative Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Montana. She served from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1941 to 1943. Since then, 193 women have been elected to serve in Congress. To see a list of all the names of the women who have served as Members of Congress, their biographies, links to the websites of current female Members, and a brief history of women serving in Congress, visit: http://bioguide.congress.gov/congresswomen/index.asp

Answer 2

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