She was the first woman to hold an elected position in the United States — mayor of Argonia, Kan. for 1887. She was a member of the Prohibition Party. (Graphic: MCT Graphics via Getty Images)
Jeannette Rankin
The first woman elected to Congress (R-Mont.) served twice. Once from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1941 to 1943. (Photo: AP)
Nellie Tayloe Ross
This Democrat from Wyoming was the first woman to serve as a state governor, from 1925 to 1927. (Photo: AP)
Hattie Wyatt Caraway
Arkansas had the first woman elected to the Senate. Democrat Hattie Wyatt Caraway served from 1931 to 1945. (Photo: AP)
Frances Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed the first woman to a Cabinet position as Secretary of Labor in 1933. She served until 1945. (Photo: AP)
Shirley Chisholm
The first African-American woman elected to Congress served in the House from 1969 to 1983. (Photo: AP)
Sandra Day O’Connor
Ronald Reagan appointed the first woman to the Supreme Court in 1981. She served until 2006. (Photo: John Duricka/AP)
Geraldine Ferraro
The first woman on a major-party ticket was Walter Mondale’s vice presidential nominee in the election of 1984.
Nancy Pelosi
The first woman to serve as the speaker of the House of Representatives began in 2007 and served until 2011. She is currently the House minority leader.
Arizona GOP Sen. John McCain told Republican lawmakers that President Donald Trump is likely to face a foreign crisis early in his presidency, and that Congress needs to back up the new commander-in-chief.
“I think President Trump will be probably be tested by one or more of these forces around the world. That would be the North Koreans, the Chinese, the Iranians or the Russians,” McCain - chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee - told members and senators during a closed-door briefing on national security. A recording of McCain’s remarks were provided anonymously to POLITICO and other news organizations.
McCain added: “I hope that all of us will support a response which is proportionate. It will also tell Vladimir Putin and the ayatollahs and the Chinese that there’s a new team in town.”
President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees is debuting with a lot of criticism — particularly because it discriminates on the basis of religion.
As a result, world leaders are responding with pledges to step up with initiatives to resettle refugees, while reiterating their countries’ commitment to take in refugees from around the globe no matter their faith.
The first response came from right on the United States’ northern border: Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau took to Twitter Saturday afternoon and said Canada would not be discriminating on the basis of a refugee’s religion. Read more.
"I would prefer more educated voters than a greater increase in the number of voters."
— Georgia state Sen. Fran Millar complaining about DeKalb County’s decision to open early voting on a Sunday in an area “dominated by African American shoppers.” via Think Progress (via officialssay)
30th January 2017
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