The first woman to serve as a U.S. Senator was Rebecca Felton of Georgia, who was appointed in 1922 to fill her husband’s seat after he died and served only two days.

After Tuesday's elections, a record number of women will serve in Congress come January 2019. With results still coming in, 98 women have won their House races as of early Wednesday morning, up ...

Jeannette Rankin, the first female member of Congress, was elected to Congress even before all women in the country had the right to vote. She only served two terms — which were decades apart.