United States House of Representatives: History, Art, & Archives
Search the website
Women in Congress

Historical Data

Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas reviews vocabulary with women Members of Congress before a spelling bee at the National Press Club./tiles/non-collection/W/WICdata_2007_111_002.xml Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives
About this object Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas reviews vocabulary with women Members of Congress before a spelling bee at the National Press Club.
The following lists were developed to answer reference questions often posed by Member offices, researchers, and the general public. One hundred and nine of the 325 women who have served in Congress are current Members—88 in the House and 21 in the Senate. In total, there have been 287 women Members of the House of Representatives and 50 Senators. Twelve women have served in both chambers.

Office of the Historian: history@mail.house.gov
Office of Art & Archives, Office of the Clerk: art@mail.house.gov, archives@mail.house.gov