Women in the Senate

There are currently 23 women in the Senate. Find out more about them and their predecessors with the links below.

Origins & Developments

Landmark Legislation: 19th Amendment

A Vote for Women

Senate Firsts

First Woman Senator Appointed Oct 3, 1922

A Woman Presides over the Senate Oct 19, 1943

First Woman Elected to Both Houses of Congress Sep 13, 1948

Margaret Chase Smith, Foreign Correspondent Oct 1954

The First Televised Presidential Debate Nov 4, 1956

Mach Buster Maggie: The Supersonic Senator from Maine Dec 3, 1957

Smith vs. Cormier 1960

First Female Pages in the Senate May 14, 1971

"Year of the Woman" Jan 3, 1993

Women & the Senate

Women Senators

Featured Senators

Hattie Wyatt Caraway

Rebecca Latimer Felton

Nancy L. Kassebaum

Margaret Chase Smith | Smith's Declaration of Conscience, Jun 1, 1950

Carol Moseley Braun

Book Profile

Nine and Counting

Senate Staff

Oral Histories
            Linda Gustitus
            First Female Senate Pages
            Elizabeth Letchworth
            Christine S. McCreary |   Audio Clip
            Dorothye G. Scott
            Ruth Young Watt |   Audio Clip

Art & Photographs

Paintings & Sculpture

Women & Senate Art

Featured Senate Debate: Capitol Artist Vinnie Ream

Portrait: Hattie Caraway by John Oliver Buckley

Portrait: Margaret Chase Smith by Ronald Frontin

Photographs

Women in the Senate: Former Senators

Breaking New Ground--Women of the Senate

Margaret Chase Smith

Women in Congress

Women in Congress (http://history.house.gov)

Women in Congress 1917-, (CRS) (pdf)

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