Who was the first woman elected to congress?
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First Woman Elected to Congress   \n\nOn November 9, 1916, Jeannette Rankin (R-MT) became the first woman elected to Congress. \n\nRebecca Latimer Felton (D-GA) was the first woman to serve in the Senate.  She was appointed on October 3, 1922, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas E. Watson and served just two days, November 21 and 22, 1922. \n\nMargaret Chase Smith (R-ME) was the first woman elected to the House and Senate, and her combined congressional service was 33 years. \n\nHattie Caraway (D-AR) was the first of the 17 women who have been elected to full six-year Senate terms.\n\nClick on their names below to view their official Congressional biography:\n\n    \nJeannette Rankin Rebecca Latimer Felton Margaret Chase Smith Hattie Wyatt Caraway
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well, SHE wasn't a congressMAN.\nJeannette Rankin was the first female elected to congress and voted against both the japan and germany/italy declaration of war because she was a pacifist (she also voted against the declaration of war in WWI when she was in the house of representatives)\n\n/edit \nTo the person below:\nit is easy to say "oh oh, look see, pacifism is bad" without delving into the facts.  You may want to look into Rankin sometime and see what her background was, why she became a pacifist.  She did not vote against the war declarations in order to stop the war, but, rather, to make a statement.  I studied her a bit for a project I did while working on my master's in american history, she was a fascinating individual.
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According to this site, six women have sought the GOP or Democrat nominations since 1964, but none have succeeded. They are Margaret Chase Smith (Rep), Shirley Chisholm, Patsy Mink, Bella Abzug (all Dem), Elizabeth Dole (Rep), and Carol Moseley Braun (Dem). Victoria Woodhull and Belva Ann Lockwood ran as fringe candidates in the 19th century, before women could actually vote.
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First female- Laika, the russian dog.\n\nFirst human- Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova\nFirst American Woman- Dr. Sally Ride
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Technically, when the Constitution was ratified.  It only refers to "persons" holding public office.  \n\nTo test women's constitutional right to hold public office, Elizabeth Cady Stanton ran for Congress in 1867, receiving 24 of 12,000 votes cast.\n\nWyoming was the first state to make it legal for women to hold public office, in 1869.
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In 1869, the Wyoming Territory in the United States was the first region to allow women voters.  The first country to allow women to vote was New Zealand in 1893.
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ANNE DIBBLE JORDAN (2004)\n\n\nA cultural and educational leader recognized across the nation and in the nation's Capitol, Ann Dibble Jordan became the first African American to chair a Presidential Inaugural in 1996. Formerly a social worker, a professor at the University of Chicago, and the director of the Social Services Department at the Chicago Lying-In Hospital, Mrs. Jordan now works tirelessly to better the position of women and minorities across the country. She is a leader who has made civic society stronger and richer. \n\nAnn Jordan serves on the Board of Johnson & Johnson, Automatic Data Processing, Citigroup, and Catalyst and is a trustees at The Brookings Institute, the University of Chicago, WETA (Washington's PBS affiliate), and The Phillips Collection. Mrs. Jordan also chairs the Board of Directors at the National Symphony Orchestra and works with Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the Washington Area Women's Foundation. She and husband Vernon have four adult children.
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There's still no female US president. Women couldn't vote until the ratification of the 19th amendment in 1920, so that'll slow you up some. Women are highly underrepresented in Congress--currently around 14%. Why is a pretty tough question. Pervasive sexism is a problem--women who exhibit the qualities that we look for in male candidates (leadership, strength, ambition, etc.) are looked at negatively (arrogant, bitchy, etc.).
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Martha Washington was the first First Lady of the United States.
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Yes.  Victoria Woodhull, a stockbroker, publisher, and protégé of Cornelius Vanderbilt, ran for president of the United States in 1872 on the Equal Rights Party ticket.\n(Center for American Women and Politics, www.cawp.rutgers.edu)\nThird-term Congresswoman Geraldine A. Ferraro (D-NY), was the first woman ever to run on a major party's national ticket as Walter Mondale’s Vice Presidential running mate in 1984 (Center for American Women and Politics, www.cawp.rutgers.edu)
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Congress of USA consists of Senate and the House of Representatives.
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See source below.\n\nArabella Mansfield is granted admission to practice law in Iowa, making her the first woman lawyer. A year later, Ada H. Kepley, of Illinois, graduates from the Union College of Law in Chicago. She is the first woman lawyer to graduate from a law school.\n\n\n1869.
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Women were in 1920 nationally.  Although a few states started allowing it earlier.  Wyoming was actually the first to allow it.  Blacks were allowed to vote after of course, the civil war.
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Women were not allowed to be in public office or vote in those days. The only powerful women in those days were the wives of the president, and not very powerful at that. \n\nAmerican women were not given the vote until 1920.
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There are 67 female representatives in the House.\n\nThere are 14 senators\n\nThat makes a total of 81 females in congress at the moment (I dont know how many total)
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I'm extremely happy with the results.  I haven't been happy about an election since 98.  I'm even more glad for Nancy Pelosi being the first female speaker of the house.  She's awesome.
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She's not automatically the Speaker.  SHe is currently the minority leader, which makes her a clear choice to be elected once the Congress meets in January.  It is unlikely that they will choose anyone else.