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First Woman to Run for President
Victoria Woodhull ran for President on the Equal Rights Party Ticket -
First Woman Elected Mayor
Susanna Salter was elected Mayor of Argonia, Kansas. -
First Woman Elected to Congres
Jeanette Rankin (R-Montana) was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives. -
First Woman Elected Governor
Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first woman elected governor. -
First Woman Elected to the Senate
Hattie Wyatt Caraway (D-Arkansas) became the first woman ever elected to the Senate. -
First Woman in the President's Cabinet
Frances Perkins was appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt to serve as Secretary of Labor. -
First Woman on the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. -
First Woman Speaker of the U.S. House
Nancy Pelosi was named Speaker of the House, making her the highest-ranking female politician in American History.