In 1869, Wyoming was the first state to allow women to vote and ... and first woman to serve in the role. Pelosi — who has represented San Francisco in Congress for more than 35 years ...

Patsy Mink (D-HI), an Asian American woman, was the first woman of color to serve in Congress and later ran for president. It also claims that Mink authored Title IX and other laws aimed at ...

After several election cycles of progress in expanding the number of women in Congress ... two Black women will serve simultaneously in the U.S. Senate for the first time in its history.

and Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola became the first woman ever elected from the state and the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress in a 2022 special election. (Washington Rep. Marilyn Strickland, a ...