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Shirley Anita Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968.
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The first woman elected to the senate was Hattie Wyatt Caroway of Arkansas. She was appointed to replace her husband, Senator Thaddeus Caroway, who died in office. She then ran for re-election in 1932, making her the first woman to be elected to office. The first woman to serve as a senator was Rebecca Latimer Felton of Georgia, who served for just 1 day in 1922 after her husband died in office.
The first woman to become president of the Philippines was Corazon C. Aquino. She came into office through a peaceful people's revolution.
Pearl S. Buck was the first woman to win the Nobel prize for literature
She was the first African American woman from the South to be elected to Congress.
Shirley Anita Chisholm became the first black woman elected to the United States Congress in 1968.
The first African-American to serve in the Senate was Hiram Revels (R-MS), who was a Senator from 1851-1877.The first African-American to serve in the House of Representatives was Joseph H. Rainey (R-SC), who served from 1870 - 1878. Rainey was the first African-American to be elected to Congress; Revels was appointed.The first African-American woman elected to Congress was Shirley Chisholm, elected to the House in 1968. The first African-American woman Senator was Carol Moseley-Braun, elected in 1993.----More info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._Raineyhttp://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/First_African_American_Senator.htmhttp://womenshistory.about.com/od/congress/p/shirleychisholm.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Moseley_BraunJohn Willis Menard
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Jeannette Rankin was the first woman in the US congress.
Barbara Jordan was the first African American woman elected to Congress from the south. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from the 18th district of Texas in 1973.
The first black woman mp in Britain was Diane Abbott
In 1916, Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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The first woman elected to the US Congress.
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Shirley Chisholm became famous as she was the first African-American woman to be elected to Congress. She served on her Congressional seat from 1969 - 1983, for a total of seven terms. She was also the first African-American to run for president, and the first woman to run for president.