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Carol Moseley-Braun became the first African-American female to be elected to the United States Senate in 1993.
Carol Mosley Braun, a democrat from Illinois, was the first black female senator. She was in office from 1993-1999.
There are 17 female residents in the US, and 83 are male in the US's senate.
In what year was the first female governor elected
Elizabeth Dole. Even though she hadn't lived in NC for thirty years, she came home to run. She was defeated after one term by Kay Hagen, now North Carolina's second elected female U.S. Senator.
Hattie Caraway ( 1878-1950), was the first US woman senator and represented Arkansas. She initially was an appointee to continue the term of her late husband in 1932 but was later elected and served through to 1945.
The US has never elected a female president or even had a major party candidate who was female. Two women have run for vice-president but neither was elected.
The first woman elected to the senate was Hattie Wyatt Caroway of Arkansas. She was appointed to replace her husband, Senator Thaddeus Caroway, who died in office. She then ran for re-election in 1932, making her the first woman to be elected to office. The first woman to serve as a senator was Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia, who served for just 1 day in 1922 after her husband died in office.
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Corazon "Cory" Aquino y Cojuangco is the first female president elected in Asia, in the Philippines, after over-throwing Ferdinand Marcos' regime.