Essay About Rebecca Latimer Felton And President Reagan

Women in Congress
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In 2005, the rate of female representation stands at nearly 16 percent globally.
 
WOMEN ON THE SUPREME COURT
Right now, there are two women serving as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day OConnor was the first woman to serve on the High Court. She was nominated
by President Reagan on July 7, 1981 and was sworn in later that year (oath taken on September
25, 1981).
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the second woman. She was nominated by President Clinton on
June 14, 1993 and also was sworn in later that year (oath taken on August 10, 1993).
Although no woman has served as Chief Justice of the United States, it is just a matter of
time.
Women in the United States Congress: 1917-2005
Summary
A record 84 women serve in the 109th Congress: 70 in the House (46 Democrats
and 24 Republicans) and 14 in the Senate (9 Democrats and 5 Republicans).
Representative Jeanette Rankin (R-MT, 1917-1919, 1941-1943) was the first woman
elected to Congress. Rebecca Latimer Felton (D-GA) was the first woman to serve
in the Senate. She was appointed in 1922 and served for only one day.
A total of 229 women have served in Congress, 144 Democrats and 85
Republicans. Of these women, 196 have served only in the House; 26 have served
only in the Senate; and seven have served in both houses. The figures include one
Delegate each from Guam, Hawaii, District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Of the 203 women who have served in the House, 36 were elected to fill
vacancies caused by the death of their husbands. Fifteen of the 36 were subsequently
elected to additional terms. Twenty women have been elected to fill other vacancies.
Edith Nourse Rogers (R-MA), who served in the House for 35 years, holds the
record for length of service by a woman in Congress. Margaret Chase Smith (RME),
the first woman elected to the House and Senate, holds the record