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First Woman in US Congress

Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to the US Congress in 1916, serving as a Republican from Montana.

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Which party voted for first women in Congress?

— elected in 1916 and sworn in April 1917 — was the in the , and she ran as a (often described in contemporary accounts as a Progressive Republican) . Sources from , Senate and leading historical inst...