Politics Archives - Page 8 of 130

Elizabeth Varian

1800s Irish poet and nationalist

Ellen O’Leary

Irish nationalist and poet

Penny Wright

Australian environmentalist and politician

Rachel Siewert

Australian environmentalist and parliamentarian

Hazel Hempel Abel, an accomplished businesswoman and Republican Party official, was elected to the U.S. Senate from Nebraska to fill a two-month term created by a technicality in the state’s election law.

Helen Stevenson Meyner

Politically connected by both birth and marriage, Helen Stevenson Meyner entered elective politics for the first time to serve New Jersey for two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Helen Douglas Mankin

During her brief U.S. House of Representatives term, Helen Douglas Mankin of Georgia brought national attention to her longtime political cause: advocating on behalf of poor and disenfranchised southern voters.

Iris Faircloth Blitch

Representative Iris Blitch of Georgia embodied a peculiar mixture of progressive feminism and southern conservatism during her long political career, which included four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives.