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Women's Suffrage Movement

The women's suffrage movement was a key factor in Jeannette Rankin's election and later milestones in women's congressional history.

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Jan 23, 2026

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...