0
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman in the US congress.
What else can I help you with?
Who was the first women elected to congress in 1916?
jeannette rankin
Who were the first to women elected to congress?
Jeannette Rankin and Edith Green
Who was the first women to be elected as a president of Indian national congress?
First women president for INC was Annie Basant but elected women president was Sarojini Naidu
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.
Who were the first two women elected to congress and which political party?
Jeannette Rankin--Republican and Edith Green--Representative
Who was the first women elected to the us house of representatives in 1916?
Actually who you thought: Jeannette Rankin
Who was the first African America woman in congress?
It was Shirley Chisholm,elected to the u.s congress in 1968.She was very famous due her work for minority,women's,and peace issues
Women and non-whites have been eligible to be members of Congress since?
women were granted the right to vote with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. However, the first woman, Jeannette Rankin, was elected to Congress in 1916, before women had the right to vote. Regarding non-whites, the first African American, Hiram Rhodes Revels, was elected to Congress in 1870, during the Reconstruction era. Since then, women and non-whites have continued to be eligible and serve as members of Congress.
What state elected representative arthur w mitchell as the first black democrat in congress?
He was elected to congress from Illinois.
Who was The first women to serve in the U.s congress was?
The first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress was Jeannette Rankin of Montana. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 1916, four years before the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote.
Who was the first first woman to be elected to congress?
Donna Edwards
What was the name of the first woman in Congress?
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.
