The first woman president to be elected in the Philippines is Corazon C. Aquino, also known as Cory Aquino. She was born in January 25, 1933 and died in August 1, 2009. Her sons and daughters were sorry for her, especially her daughter Kris Aquino. But she really had the right to do that because that was her mother who died.
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to be elected to the House of Representatives in the United States Congress. She won the 1916 election to represent her home state of Montana.
The first Filipino-American in US Congress was Virginia Rep. Robert Cortez-Scott, a Harvard alumnus.
First woman to be a representative in the Philippine Congress is Elisa Ochoa.
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She was the first African American 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.
she was the first African American congress woman in us history
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In 1846, the American Party had its first member elected to the House of Representatives. It was a party member from Philadelphia, Lewis Levin.
In 1775 the first US flag was made for the Navy by Francis Hopkins and has been recognized by congress as the first American flag.
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.
Shirley Anita Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968.