Kirsten Gillibrand
US Senator and a Representative from New York
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Linda T Sánchez
US Representative from California
Denise L Majette
After defeating a veteran incumbent in the Democratic primary for a Georgia congressional seat, Denise L. Majette coasted to victory in the 2002 general election, earning a spot in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 108th Congress (2003–2005).
Elizabeth Warren
US Senator
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.
Amy Klobuchar
US Senator from Minnesota
Angela Alsobrooks
US Senator from Maryland
Bella Abzug
Bella Abzug, feminist and civil rights advocate, embodied many Americans’ discontent with the political establishment in the tumultuous Vietnam War era. She gained notoriety as one of the most colorful and controversial House Members during the 1970s.
Quok Shee
Chinese woman who attempted to emigrate to the United States in 1916 and instead was detained without cause for almost two years