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Carol Moseley-Braun became the first African-American female to be elected to the United States Senate in 1993.
That was Carol Mosely Braun, a Democrat from Illinois. She won the senatorial election in November 1992 and became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Senate. (There had already been a black woman elected to the House of Representatives-- Shirley Chisholm of New York, who was elected in 1968.)
The first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Illinois is Tammy Duckworth. She was elected in 2016 and is also a veteran and former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Duckworth has been a prominent advocate for veterans' issues and women's rights during her time in office.
Shirley Chisholm was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.
First African American Republican elected to Senate in 1966.
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The first black congresswoman that was elected from the deep south was Barbara Jordan. She was re-elected and she was the first woman that was elected to the Texas Senate.
That was Carol Mosely Braun, a Democrat from Illinois. She won the senatorial election in November 1992 and became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Senate. (There had already been a black woman elected to the House of Representatives-- Shirley Chisholm of New York, who was elected in 1968.)
the first woman to be a senator was Rebecca Latimer of Georgia from 1992-1945
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You are probably asking about a "senator"-- the senate is a branch of congress. The first woman senator was appointed for just one day in 1922-- Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia. But the first woman to be elected to the senate for an actual term was Hattie Caraway of Arkansas, in 1932.