History project

Famous Firsts

By BrookeAndCatherine

  • First Woman to Run for President

    First Woman to Run for President
    Victoria Woodhull ran for President on the Equal Rights Party Ticket

  • First Woman Elected Mayor

    First Woman Elected Mayor
    Susanna Salter was elected Mayor of Argonia, Kansas.

  • First Woman Elected to Congres

    First Woman Elected to Congres
    Jeanette Rankin (R-Montana) was the first woman elected to the House of Representatives.

  • First Woman Elected Governor

    First Woman Elected Governor
    Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming became the first woman elected governor.

  • First Woman Elected to the Senate

    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

    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

    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

    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.