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She was elected to Congress before women had the right to vote, blazing a trail that continues today
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBefore the 19th Amendment guaranteed the right of women to vote, a suffragist social worker from...
Who was the first congresswoman? How Montana Rep. Rankin made history.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWomen won the right to vote in 1920 when the 19th Amendment was ratified, but three years before...
Meet the freshman class: Congress' new members include 13 women of color, the 1st Gen Z lawmaker,...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe 118th Congress begins on Tuesday. A bunch of new faces will arrive at the Capitol on Tuesday to...
Western suffragettes: How Colorado, Wyoming women won voting rights decades ahead of nation
The Coloradoan via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI can’t remember where I first heard it, but for years I believed a fairytale. You see, Women in the...
Midterms full of firsts for female, Black, LGBTQ candidates
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA Massachusetts Democrat is the country’s first openly lesbian candidate to be elected to the office...
Newsom calls criticism of his Montana family vacation 'wrong and unfair'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom, shown at a June news conference, said his family's Fourth of July trip...
On This Day, Nov. 7: Richard Nixon re-elected
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoChief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Warren Burger (R) administers the oath of office to incumbent President Richard Milhous Nixon (L) for his second...
White women have long been unreliable voters for Democrats. Could that change in 2024?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJennifer Pippin had been a registered Democrat since she was 18-years-old. But a decade later, in...
On This Day, Nov. 8: FDR elected president of United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNew York Gov. Franklin Delano Roosevelt rides in the back of an open-top car with his daughter Anna...
Abortion rights activists want a national leader. Is Kamala Harris up to the job?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVice President Kamala Harris discusses abortion rights during a July meeting with state legislative...