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SteveSo 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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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.
