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You are asking about Jeannette Rankin of Montana. She was a Republican, and she was elected to Congress before women even had the right to vote in presidential elections. In a handful of states, however, women had been given the right to vote for representatives to Congress. Montana was one of the states that had given women this right, and that's how Jeannette Rankin was elected to the House of Representatives in November 1916, before all US women got suffrage in 1920.
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Who was the first woman to serve in the U.S congress?
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress in 1916
Who was the fisrt woman to serve the congress?
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress in 1916
Who was the first women elected to Congress?
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman in the US congress.
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Jeanette Rankin was elected by the state of Montana and was the first woman elected to Congress.
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