Martha Griffiths
Known as the “Mother of the ERA,” Martha Wright Griffiths, a peppery and quick-witted Detroit Representative, was a key figure in bringing women’s rights legislation to successful passage in Congress.
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Lateefah Simon
US Representative from California
Laphonza Romanique Butler
US Senator from California
Lucy McBath
US Representative from Georgia
Luz M Rivas
US Representative from California
Gwen S Moore
US Representative from Wisconsin
Donna Shalala
US Representative from Florida
Emily Randall
US Representative from Washington
Winifred Stanley
During her one term as a New York Congresswoman, Winifred Stanley tirelessly championed women’s rights. The former prosecutor and the first female assistant district attorney in Erie County, New York, urged Americans to contemplate and begin planning for the imperatives of peacetime demobilization and new international responsibilities after World War II.
Colleen Hanabusa
A prominent labor lawyer, Colleen Hanabusa served in the Hawaii state senate for a dozen years before winning election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2010.