jeannette rankin
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Jeannette Rankin
Shirley Chisolm
Women did not serve as delegates to the continental congress during the American revolution.
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.
There are currently 13 woman in congress.
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress in 1916
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress in 1916
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.
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.
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Barack Obama
Jeannette Rankin was the first woman in the US congress.