WOMEN IN CONGRESS

Representative Jeannette Rank of Montana was the first woman to serve in Congress, after that 260 women have served as U.S. Representatives or Senators. Women in Congress website is based on the book Women in Congress, 1917–2006, containing biographical profiles of former women Members of Congress, links to information about current women Members, essays on the institutional and national events that shaped successive generations of Congresswomen, and images of each woman Member, including rare photos.

American Women and Politics

The Center for American Women and Politics, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is nationally recognized as the leading source of scholarly research and current data about American women’s political participation..."

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DID YOU KNOW?

There has never been a woman to serve in the capacity as Representative for Congressional District 7. In fact, there are very few women who hold Elected Executive Offices in Alabama. To learn more, click on the State of Alabama under Read More.

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