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∙ 15y agoPerhaps this will help: http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Candidates1870.htm Perhaps this will help: http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/Candidates1870.htm
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∙ 14y agoVictoria Woodhull, was the first presidential candidate in 1872
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∙ 14y agoSo far, only an African American male has run for president. Barack Obama was the first, and so far the only, African American president.
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∙ 15y agoShirley Chisholm
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First female congressman?
Hattie Caraway (February 1, 1878 - December 21, 1950)(Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway)First woman elected to the United States SenateBorn in Tennessee, Hattie Wyatt graduated from Dickson Normal in 1896. She married fellow student Thaddeus Horatius Caraway and moved with him to Arkansas.Her husband practiced law while she cared for their children and their farm. Her husband was elected to Congress in 1912 and women won the vote in 1920: while Hattie Caraway took it as her duty to vote, her focus remained on homemaking. Her husband was re-elected to his Senate Seat in 1926 and 1932, but then died unexpectedly.Arkansas Governor Harvey Parnell then appointed Hattie Caraway to her husband's Senate seat. She was sworn in on December 9, 1931 and was confirmed in a special election January 12, 1932. She thus became the first woman elected to the United States Senate -- Rebecca Latimer Felton had previously served a 'courtesy' appointment of one day.First Woman Elected to the HouseJeannette Rankin is the first woman elected to Congress as a representative in 1917 from Montana. She was also the only congressman to vote against going to way during both WWI and WWII.
Is madam cj walker the first black woman millonaire?
yes she is she is the first black person to become a millionaire.
Who was the first black woman to go to the moon?
No woman of any color has walked on the moon. The twelve people who have were all men. No one has walked on the moon since 1972. Though no black woman have been on the moon, the first black woman in space was Dr. Mae Jemison.
Is Shirley Chisholm still alive?
No, she died in 2005, after serving a number of years in the House of Representatives. She was the first black woman ever elected to congress.eyyytrrrrrrrrrrriiiiii5uuttjyhhdgggggggfhghjrtrrryyyywwry4444444444444355555555557ytngs
Who is the first African American woman AME bishop?
In July, 2000, Right Rev. Vashti Murphy McKenzie was the first woman to be elected bishop in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Who was the first black woman elected to the US Senate?
Shirley Chisolm
First black congresswoman to be elected from the deep south?
The first black congresswoman that was elected from the deep south was Barbara Jordan. She was re-elected and she was the first woman that was elected to the Texas Senate.
First woman to be elected senate?
no one
Who was the first African American woman elected to senate?
That was Carol Mosely Braun, a Democrat from Illinois. She won the senatorial election in November 1992 and became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Senate. (There had already been a black woman elected to the House of Representatives-- Shirley Chisholm of New York, who was elected in 1968.)
Who was the first black woman elected to the US senate in 1992?
Carol Mosley Braun, a democrat from Illinois, was the first black female senator. She was in office from 1993-1999.
Who was the first woman elected to the US Senate?
hattie wyatt caraway was
Who was the first woman elected to the uss senate?
hattie wyatt caraway
First woman elected to the US senate?
Rebecca Felton of Georgia
Who was the first woman to be elected senate?
Dorothy Tangney
Who was the first black woman elected as us senator?
That was Carol Mosely Braun, a Democrat from Illinois. She won the senatorial election in November 1992 and became the first African-American woman elected to the United States Senate. (There had already been a black woman elected to the House of Representatives-- Shirley Chisholm of New York, who was elected in 1968.)
Who was the Arkansas woman that was the first female elected to US senate?
Jamba Juice
Who was The first women elected to the US Senate?
the first woman to be a senator was Rebecca Latimer of Georgia from 1992-1945
