WOMEN IN POLITICS

9 Facts About Jeannette Rankin, the First Woman Elected to Congress

“I felt the first time the first woman had a chance to say no to war, she should say it.”

Laura de Force Gordon (center) and Susan B. Anthony being escorted to the stage.

Laura de Force Gordon, Pioneering Newspaper Publisher, Lawyer, and Suffragist

When she didn't like how men covered her campaign for Senate, she started her own paper.

11 Facts About Golda Meir

She discovered her knack for activism in the fourth grade.

The only known photograph of Caroline Weldon (seated), taken in 1915 with her friend Aline Estoppey

Caroline Weldon, 19th Century Indigenous Rights Advocate and Sitting Bull's Secretary

Her courage is reflected in her Sioux nickname, “Woman Walking Ahead."

Viola Desmond hand-coloured portrait, 16-80-30220, ca. 1945. Wanda and Joe Robson Collection, Sydney NS. Beaton Institute, Cape Breton University // Used With Permission

Meet Civil Rights Pioneer Viola Desmond, the New Face on the Canadian $10 Bill

Nearly a decade before Rosa Parks's civil rights game-changer on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, Viola Desmond made her stand by sitting down in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Queen Christina, Who Ruled as a King

This learned, opinionated Renaissance monarch caused a sensation throughout Europe.

9 Facts About Frances Perkins, the First Female Cabinet Member

As Labor Secretary, she tried to save Jews fleeing the Nazi regime.

9 Facts About Pioneering Lawyer and Activist Belva Lockwood

She was the first female presidential candidate to receive votes.

7 Facts About Bertha Knight Landes, First Female Mayor of a Major American City

Landes thought women were better-suited than men to be mayor, and Seattle agreed, at least for a while.

Lady Deborah Moody, the Dangerous Woman Who Started a Colonial Town

Sometimes being dangerous is a good thing.

Senator Hillary Clinton (left) and other women senators in 2000.

Why Women Couldn’t Wear Pants on the Senate Floor Until 1993

Two political pioneers staged a "Pantsuit Revolution." But it probably should've been easier than it was.

9 Timeless Bits of Wisdom from Eleanor Roosevelt

The former first lady offers readers counsel on careers, happiness, health, parenting, and more.

9 Facts You Should Know About Maggie Hassan

Advocating for a son with cerebral palsy helped propel her into government work.

9 Things You Might Not Know About Catherine Cortez Masto

As a tourism official, her father green-lighted the Las Vegas slogan “What happens here stays here.”

19 Facts About the 19th Amendment

One hundred years ago today, the 19th Amendment—extending the right to vote to women—was passed by the Senate and sent to the states for ratification. On August 18, 1920, American women finally secured that right. Calling the victory hard-won would be a t