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[50] [52] In the early years of women in Congress, such a seat was usually held only until the next general election, and the women retired after that single Congress, thereby becoming a placeholders to finishing elected terms of their husbands. [52] As the years progressed, however, more and more of these widow successors sought reelection.
It was a remarkable turn of events that once again brought together the two most powerful women in American politics – both from the San Francisco Bay area, both products of the city’s ...
Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; ... This category is for the decade 2000s in women's history. 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; ... Latin American and Caribbean ...
1892: The first women's basketball game was played at Smith College, and conducted by Senda Berenson. [13] 1916: Jeannette Rankin becomes the first woman to hold high office in the United States when she is elected to Congress, as a Republican from Montana. 1916: The first birth control clinic in America is opened by Margaret Sanger. [14] [15]
Nickelodeon has been home to childhood hits for decades — and kids growing up in the 2000s will never forget the network’s leading ladies. From Amanda Bynes, Emma Roberts and Keke Palmer to ...
November 1 – Richard K. Webel, American landscape architect (b. 1900) November 5 – Jimmie Davis, American musician and politician (b. 1899) November 6 – L. Sprague de Camp, writer (b. 1907) November 14 – Robert Trout, American journalist (b. 1908) November 16 DJ Screw, American disc jockey (b. 1971) Joe C., American rapper and hype man ...
She’s the youngest woman to serve in the U.S. Congress and she's the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district. AOC is a champion for legislation that benefits workers ...
Army Women's Iraqi Freedom Veterans (AWIFV), America's first all-female, all-Native American color guard, was founded in 2010 by Mitchelene BigMan. This organization would be reorganized under Native American Women Warriors (NAWW) in 2013. [194] Candice Griffith became the first woman officer from Montana to lead soldiers into Afghanistan. [195]