First female member of the House of Representatives

Historical Context Note

Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)
Download PDF Add to Bookshelf Report an Error

Resources

Supported by the Republican Party, Jeannette Rankin was elected to serve as Representative for Montana, the first-ever female member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

26 words

Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "First female member of the House of Representatives". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5571, accessed 29 March 2024.]

5571 First female member of the House of Representatives 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

Save this article

If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to your 'Account' here

Leave Feedback

The Literary Encyclopedia is a living community of scholars. We welcome comments which will help us improve.