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Montana Capitol Building. As of 2022, Montana ranked 22nd out of 50 American states in terms of percentage of state legislators who are women. [1] Within the Montana State Legislature, 32.7 percent of all members were women in 2022. [1] From statehood in 1889 to 2025, the state of Montana had only one female governor, Judy Martz. [2]
The fight for women's suffrage in Montana started earlier, before even Montana became a state. In 1887, women gained the right to vote in school board elections and on tax issues. In the years that followed, women battled for full, equal suffrage, which culminated in a year-long campaign in 1914 when they became one of eleven states with equal ...
"Montana Women and the Battle for the Ballot". Montana: The Magazine of Western History. 23 (1): 24– 41. JSTOR 4517748. Ward, Doris Buck (1974). The Winning of Woman Suffrage in Montana (PDF) (Master of Arts in History thesis). Montana State University. Winestine, Belle Fligelman (Summer 1974). "Mother Was Shocked". Montana: The Magazine of ...
Angela McLean (born August 19, 1970) [1] [2] is an American politician and educator who served as the 35th Lieutenant Governor of Montana from February 10, 2014, to January 3, 2016. [3]
Jane Gillette is an American dentist and politician serving as a member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 64th district. [1] Elected in November 2020, she assumed office on January 4, 2021.
Dorothy Eck (née Fritz; January 23, 1924 – September 23, 2017) [1] was an American politician in the state of Montana.She served in the Montana Senate from 1980 to 2000. [2] [3] Eck was also active in feminist movements including the League of Women Voters [4] [5] and served as a delegate to the 1972 Montana Constitutional Convention.
Carlson was born and raised in Montana. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical sciences from Montana State University. Carlson and her husband, Don, have five children and live in Churchill, Montana. She was elected to the Montana House of Representatives in November 2020 and assumed office on January 4, 2021. [1] [2]
Maggie Smith Hathaway (1867–1955) was a Montana politician in the first half of the nineteenth century.Hathaway, representing Ravalli County, was one of the first two Montana women elected to state legislature in 1917—over two full years before the Nineteenth Amendment became part of the United States Constitution—along with Emma Ingalls from Flathead County.