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Who was the first women elected to Congress?
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman in the US congress.
Who was the first african american in the us congress?
shirley chisholm
Who was the first African American in the Us. congress?
shirley chisholm
First black women to serve in the Us Congress from the south?
Shirley Chisolm
Are women underrepresented in the us congress?
NO 2nd Answer: There should be more people in Congress who are dedicated to serving the American people and not lining their own pockets, whether they are men or women.
Why is Shirley Chisholm famous?
She was the first African American woman in the US congress
First African American who was elected for the us congress?
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Who was the first American woman elected to the us congress in 1917?
Jeanette Rankin was elected by the state of Montana and was the first woman elected to Congress.
The first woman to serve in the us congress was who?
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.
Barbara Jordan was famous how?
she was the first African American congress woman in us history
Who was the first elected delegate at large for American Samoa to the us congress?
George Washington DC.
Who was the first black women in the US congress?
The first African-American woman to serve in Congress, Shirley Chisholm of New York, won election in 1968; 25 African-American women have followed her.Source: Women in congress
