Betty Mae Tiger Jumper
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper was the first and, to date, only female chief of Florida’s Seminole tribe.
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Henrietta Mitchel
For twenty years she travelled widely to rally support for Irish self-government, especially among protestants, and was an honoured guest at many political gatherings, including the national convention of the UIL at Boston in October 1902.
Rose L Gerak Tenesy
The first woman ward leader for the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party (1920-40). As state committeewoman from the 21st District, she helped form the Federated Democratic Women of Ohio (1932) and presided over the organization for 18 years.
Louise McIntosh Slaughter
First elected in 1986, Louise McIntosh Slaughter served for 31 years as a U.S. Representative from western New York. In 2007 she became the first woman to chair the House Rules Committee.
Louise Goff Reece
Louise G. Reece won a special election to succeed her Congressman husband after his death in 1961. .
Edna Oakes Simpson
Edna O. Simpson was unexpectedly thrust into public life when her Congressman husband collapsed and died less than two weeks before the 1958 midterm elections. A day after his death, she agreed to replace him as the GOP nominee in the western Illinois congressional district.
Jennie C Van Ness
A Republican from Essex County, she was one of the first two women elected to the New Jersey Assembly after women were granted the right to vote in 1920.
Vera Cahalan Bushfield
Vera Cahalan Bushfield’s brief US Senate service in the autumn of 1948 never brought her to the Capitol, where the 80th Congress (1947–1949) had recessed for the general elections. Instead, she stayed in her native South Dakota tending to constituent services after being appointed to the final weeks of the term of her late husband.
Leonor Sullivan
As one of America’s early consumer advocates, Leonor K. Sullivan authored many of the protective laws that Americans have come to take for granted.
Kathryn Granahan
US Representative Kathryn Granahan succeeded her late husband and followed his example as a liberal New Dealer who supported workers’ rights, welfare legislation, and civil rights.