• Source: List of the first women holders of political offices in North America

This is a list of political offices which have been held by a woman, with details of the first woman holder of each office. It is ordered by the countries in North and Central American and the Caribbean and by dates of appointment. Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office.
The first female governor in North America and the Americas overall was Beatriz de la Cueva—appointed in 1541, when Central America was part of Spain.




Anguilla


Minister of Social Services – Albena Lake-Hodge – 1976
Governor – Christina Scott – 2013




Antigua and Barbuda


Parliamentary Secretary of Women's Affairs – Gwendolyn Tonge – 1994
Member (Cabinet) - Gertel Thom - 2001
Governor-General – Dame Louise Lake-Tack – 2007




Aruba


Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague – Ella Tromp-Yarzagaray – 1991
Minister of Finance – Ella Tromp-Yarzagaray – 1993
President of Parliament – Mervin Wyatt-Ras – 2005
Prime Minister – Evelyn Wever-Croes – 2017




The Bahamas


Minister of Transport – Doris Louise Johnson – 1969
Foreign minister – Janet Bostwick – 1994
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs - Janet Bostwick - 1995
Governor-General – Dame Ivy Dumont – 2001
Prime Minister (acting) – Cynthia Pratt – 2005




Barbados


Minister of Parliament (House of Assembly) – Dame Edna ("Ermie") Bourne – 1951
Health minister – Billie Miller – 1976
Governor-General – Dame Nita Barrow – 1990
Foreign minister – Dame Billie Miller – 1994
Attorney-General and Minister of Home Affairs – Mia Mottley – 2001
Leader of the Opposition – Mia Mottley – 2008
President of the Senate – Sen. Kerry-Ann Ifill – First woman and blind person – 2012
Prime Minister – Mia Mottley – 2018
President – Sandra Mason – Inaugural President– 2021




Belize


Minister of Education and Housing and Social Service – Gwendolyn Lizarraga – 1965
Governor-General – Dame Minita Gordon – 1981
Ambassador of Belize to the U.S. - Lisa Shoman – 2000
Mayor of Belize City – Zenaida Moya – 2006
Foreign minister – Lisa Shoman – 2007
President of Senate – Andrea Gill – 2008




Bermuda


Minister of Health and Social Affairs – Gloria Juanita McPhee – 1968
Premier – Pamela F. Gordon – 1997
Governor – Rena Lalgie – 2020




British Virgin Islands


Attorney General – Paula F. Beaubrun – 1971
House of Assembly of the British Virgin Islands Members – Ethlyn Smith and Eileene L. Parsons – 1995
Speaker of the House of Assembly – V. Inez Archibald – 2003
Governor (acting) – Dancia Penn – 2006




Canada






= National level

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Monarch – Queen Victoria – 1867
Cabinet minister – Ellen Fairclough – 1958
Governor General – Jeanne Sauvé – 1984
Prime Minister – Kim Campbell – 1993
Deputy Prime Minister of Canada – Sheila Copps – 1993




= Legislature

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Member of a provincial legislature – Louise McKinney (Alberta) – 1917 (first female legislator in the British Empire)
Member of Parliament – Agnes Macphail – 1921
Senator – Cairine Wilson – 1930
Speaker of the Senate of Canada – Muriel McQueen Fergusson – 1972
Speaker of the House – Jeanne Sauvé – 1980
Leader of the Government in the Senate – Joyce Fairbairn – 1993




= Political parties

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Leader of a political party at the provincial level – Thérèse Casgrain (Parti social démocratique du Québec) – 1951
Candidate for the leadership of a federal political party – Mary Walker-Sawka – 1967
Leader of a political party which won an election – Hilda Watson – 1978
Leader of a political party with seats in a provincial legislature – Alexa McDonough (Nova Scotia New Democratic Party) – 1980
Leader of a political party at the federal level – Kathryn Cholette (Green) – 1988
Leader of a political party with representation in the House of Commons – Audrey McLaughlin (NDP) – 1989
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons – Deborah Grey – 2000
Leader of the Opposition in the Senate – Céline Hervieux-Payette – 2007




= Individual ministries or regions

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City councillor and first woman elected to any political office in Canada – Hannah Gale – 1917
Mayor – Barbara Hanley, Webbwood, Ontario – 1936
Secretary of State for External Affairs – Flora MacDonald – 1979
Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada - Kim Campbell - 1990-1993
Premier of a territory – Nellie Cournoyea (NWT) – 1991
Premier of a province – Rita Johnston (BC) – 1991
Premier of a province in a general election – Catherine Callbeck (PEI) – 1993



Ontario

Federal Member of Parliament – Agnes Macphail – 1921
Member of Provincial Parliament – Agnes Macphail and Rae Luckock – 1943
Deputy Premier – Bette Stephenson – 1985
Mayor of Toronto – June Rowlands – 1991
Leader of a political party – Lyn McLeod – 1992
Leader of the Opposition – Lyn McLeod – 1992
Premier – Kathleen Wynne – 2013



Manitoba

Member of the Legislative Assembly – Edith Rogers – 1920
Winnipeg City Councillor – Jessie Kirk – 1920
Federal Member of Parliament – Margaret Konantz (Rogers' daughter) – 1963
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly – Thelma Forbes – 1963
Member of the Executive Council – Thelma Forbes – 1966
First Nations band chief – Jean Folster (as Chief of Norway House Cree Nation) – 1971
Deputy Premier – Muriel Smith – 1971
Lieutenant Governor – Pearl McGonigal – 1981
Leader of a political party – Sharon Carstairs – 1984
Leader of the Opposition – Sharon Carstairs – 1988
Mayor of Winnipeg – Susan Thompson – 1992



Saskatchewan

Member of the Legislative Assembly – Sarah Ramsland – 1919
Federal Member of Parliament – Dorise Nielsen – 1940
Leader of a political party – Lynda Haverstock – 1989



New Brunswick

Federal Member of Parliament – Margaret Rideout – 1964
Member of the Legislative Assembly – Brenda Robertson – 1967
Cabinet minister – Brenda Robertson – 1970
Leader of a political party – Elizabeth Weir and Barbara Baird – 1989



Quebec

Leader of a political party – Thérèse Casgrain – 1951
Member of the National Assembly – Marie-Claire Kirkland – 1961
Federal Member of Parliament – Monique Bégin, Albanie Morin and Jeanne Sauvé – 1972
Leader of the Opposition – Monique Gagnon-Tremblay – 1998
Speaker of the National Assembly – Louise Harel – 2002
Mayor of Quebec City – Andrée Boucher – 2005
Leader of a political party with representation in the legislature – Pauline Marois – 2007
Premier – Pauline Marois – 2012
Elected Mayor of Montreal – Valérie Plante – 2017



Alberta

Member of the Legislative Assembly – Louise McKinney and Roberta MacAdams – 1917
Federal Member of Parliament – Cora Taylor Casselman – 1941
Mayor of Edmonton – Janice Rhea Reimer – 1989
Leader of a political party – Pam Barrett – 1996
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly – Nancy MacBeth – 1998
Premier of Alberta – Allison Redford – 2011



Nova Scotia

Member of the Legislative Assembly – Gladys Porter – 1960
Federal Member of Parliament – Coline Campbell – 1974
Leader of a political party – Alexa McDonough – 1980



British Columbia

Member of the Legislative Assembly – Mary Ellen Smith – 1918
Cabinet minister – Mary Ellen Smith – 1921
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly – Mary Ellen Smith – 1928
Federal Member of Parliament – Pauline Jewett – 1963
Leader of a political party – Rita Johnston – 1991
Premier – Rita Johnston – 1991
Leader of the Opposition – Joy MacPhail – 2001



Prince Edward Island

Candidate for the Legislative Assembly – Hilda Ramsay – 1951
Federal Member of Parliament – Margaret Mary Macdonald – 1961
Member of the Legislative Assembly – Jean Canfield – 1970
Cabinet minister – Jean Canfield – 1972
Leader of a political party – Pat Mella – 1990
Premier – Catherine Callbeck – 1993



Newfoundland and Labrador

Member of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland (pre-Confederation) – Helena Squires – 1930
Member of the House of Assembly (post-Confederation) – Hazel McIsaac – 1975
Cabinet ministers – Lynn Verge and Hazel Newhook – 1979
Federal Member of Parliament – Jean Payne and Bonnie Hickey – 1993
Leader of a political party – Lynn Verge – 1995
Premier – Kathy Dunderdale – 2010



Yukon

Federal Member of Parliament – Martha Black – 1935
Member of the Legislative Assembly – G. Jean Gordon – 1967
Leader of a political party – Hilda Watson – 1978
Premier – Pat Duncan – 2000



Northwest Territories

Member of the Legislative Assembly – Lena Pedersen (Pederson) – 1970
Federal Member of Parliament – Ethel Blondin-Andrew – 1988
Premier – Nellie Cournoyea – 1991



Nunavut

Federal Member of Parliament – Nancy Karetak-Lindell – 1999
Member of the Legislative Assembly – Manitok Thompson – 1999
Premier – Eva Aariak – 2008




Cayman Islands


Speaker of the National Assembly - Sybil McLaughlin - 1991
Minister of Education – Sybil McLaughlin – 1996
Premier – Julianna O'Connor-Connolly – 2012
Governor – Helen Kilpatrick – 2013




Costa Rica


Minister of Education – Estela Hernández Quezada de Niño – 1958
Interior minister – Janina del Vecchio Ugalde – 2008
President – Laura Chinchilla – 2010
Minister of Justice - Cecilia Sánchez Romero - 2017




Cuba


Minister without Portfolio – María Gómez Carbonell – 1942
Minister of Education – Zolia Mulet y Proenza – 1954




Curaçao


Commissioner of Health – Maria Liberia-Peters – 1977
Deputy Governor – Maria Liberia-Peters – 1982
Governor (acting) – Adèle van der Pluijm-Vrede – 2012
Governor – Lucille George-Wout – 2013




Dominica






= National level

=
Minister of Labour and Social Affairs – Phyllis Shand Allfrey – 1958
Prime Minister – Dame Eugenia Charles – 1980




= Individual ministries

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Minister of Communications & Works – Mabel Moir James – 1966
Minister of Home Affairs – Mabel Moir James – 1970
Foreign minister – Dame Eugenia Charles – 1980
Defence minister – Dame Eugenia Charles – 1985
Minister for Health and Social Security – Doreen Paul – 1995
Minister for Community Development, Women's Affairs and Culture – Gertrude Roberts – 1995
Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism with responsibility for festivals/ Minister for Community Development, Gender Affairs, Information and Culture – Loreen Bannis-Roberts – 2005
Minister for Education, Youth Affairs, Human Resource Development and Sports – Sonia Williams – 2008
Minister for Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports – Justina Charles – 2010
Minister for Social Services, Community Development and Gender Affairs – Gloria Shillingford – 2010




Dominican Republic


Secretary of State for Education, Culture and Public Worship – Lilia Portalatín Sosa – 1964
Secretary of State for Labour – Altagracia Bautista de Suárez – 1966
Secretary of State for Industry and Trade – Altagracia Bautista de Suárez – 1970
Subsecretary of State for External Relations – Licelott Marte de Barrios – 1973




El Salvador


Minister of Planning and Coordination of Economic and Social Development – Mirna Liévano de Márques Márquez – 1989
Minister of Foreign Affairs – María Eugenia Brizuela de Ávila – 1999
Vice President – Ana Vilma de Escobar – 2004
Mayor of San Salvador – Violeta Menjívar – 2005
Minister of Health – María Isabel Rodríguez - 2009




Grenada


Governor – Dame Hilda Bynoe – 1968
Governor-General – Dame Cécile La Grenade – 2013
President of the Senate – Margaret Neckles – 1990
Speaker of the House of Representatives – Marcelle Peters – 1992
Foreign minister – Clarice Modeste-Curwen – 2014




Guadeloupe


National Assembly - Eugénie Éboué-Tell - 1945 (First black female member)




Guatemala






= National level

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Governor (Captaincy General of Guatemala) - Beatriz de la Cueva - 1541
Cabinet minister - Education – Maria Eugenia Tejada Jaureguide de Putzeys – 1980
President of the Congress - Ana Catalina Soberanis - 1991
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court - Beatriz de León - 2005
Police chief - Marlene Raquel Blanco - 2008
Vice President – Roxana Baldetti – 2012




= Individual ministries

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Minister of Foreign Affairs – Gladys Maritza Ruiz de Vielman – 1994
Interior minister – Adela de Torrebiarte – 2007
Attorney General - Claudia Paz y Paz - 2010
Minister of Public Health – Lucrecia Hernández Mack – 2016




Haiti


Secretary of State for Women Affairs – Rolande Chandler – 1986
Minister of Information and Co-ordination – Rosemarie Nazan – 1989
President (provisional) – Ertha Pascal-Trouillot – 1990
Foreign minister – Claudette Werleigh – 1993
Prime Minister – Claudette Werleigh – 1995




Honduras


Minister of Education – Alba Alonzo de Quesada – 1965
Foreign Minister – Patricia Rodas – 2009
Vice President – María Antonieta de Bográn – 2010
President – Xiomara Castro – 2022




Jamaica


Minister of Health and Labour – Rose Agatha Leon – 1953
Prime Minister – Portia Simpson-Miller – 2006
Minister of Justice and Attorney General - Dorothy Lightbourne - 2007-2011
Foreign minister – Kamina Johnson Smith – 2016




Martinique


Member of Parliament - Josette Manin - 2017
Senator - Catherine Conconne - 2017




Mexico






= National offices

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Member of the Chamber of Deputies – Elvia Carrillo Puerto – 1922
Subsecretary of Education for Culture – Amalia de Castillo Lédon – 1958
Secretary of Tourism and first female Secretary of state – Rosa Luz Alegría – 1980
Secretary of Foreign Affairs – Rosario Green – 1998
Secretary of Social Development – Josefina Vázquez Mota – 2000
Secretary of Education – Josefina Vázquez Mota – 2006
Secretary of Energy – Georgina Kessel – 2006
Secretariat of the Interior – Olga Sanchez Cordero – 2018
Secretary of Economy – Graciela Márquez Colín – 2018
Secretary of Labor – Luisa María Alcalde Luján – 2018
Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection – Rosa Icela Rodríguez – 2020
Elected President - Claudia Sheinbaum - 2024




= Local and municipal elected offices

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First Mayor – Norma Villarreal de Zambrano – Mayor (Alcalde) of San Pedro Garza García, 1967
Mayor of Monterrey – Margarita Arellanes Cervantes - 2012
Mayor of Tlaquepaque – María Elena Limón García - 2015
Mayor of Puebla – Blanca María Alcalá Ruiz - 2008
Mayor of Tijuana – Karla Patricia Ruiz McFarland - 2020
Elected Mayor of Tijuana – Monserrat Caballero Ramírez - 2021




= State elected offices

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Colima

State governor – Griselda Álvarez, Colima – 1979



Tlaxcala

Governor of Tlaxcala – Beatriz Paredes – 1987



Yucatán

Governor of Yucatán – Dulce María Sauri Riancho – 1991
(First elected) Governor of Yucatán – Ivonne Ortega – 2007



Zacatecas

Governor of Zacatecas – Amalia García – 2004



Federal District/Mexico City

Head of Government of the Federal District – Rosario Robles – 1999
Elected Head of Government of the Federal District – Claudia Sheinbaum – 2018



Sonora

Governor of Sonora – Claudia Pavlovich Arellano – 2015



Aguascalientes

Governor of Aguascalientes – María Teresa Jiménez Esquivel – 2022



Baja California

Governor of Baja California – Marina del Pilar Ávila Olmeda – 2021



Campeche

Governor of Campeche – Layda Sansores – 2021



Chihuahua

Governor of Chihuahua – María Eugenia Campos Galván – 2021



Guerrero

Governor of Guerrero – Evelyn Salgado Pineda – 2021



State of Mexico

Governor of the State of Mexico – Delfina Gómez Álvarez – 2023



Quintana Roo

Governor of Quintana Roo – Mara Lezama Espinosa – 2022




Montserrat


Minister of Education, Health and Welfare – Mary Rose Tuitt – 1970
Governor – Deborah Barnes-Jones – 2004




Netherlands Antilles


Minister of Health and Environment – Lucinda E. da Costa Gomez-Matheeuws – 1970
Prime Minister – Maria Liberia Peters – 1984




Nicaragua


Vice-Minister of Education – Olga Nuñez Abaunza de Saballos – 1950
Minister of Education – María Helena de Perras – 1974
President – Violeta Chamorro – 1990
Interior minister – Ana Isabel Morales Mazún – 2007




Panama


Vice-Minister of Labor, Social Security and Public Health – Clara González de Berhinger – 1945
Minister of Social Affairs and Health – Maria Santa Domingo de Miranda – 1950
President – Mireya Moscoso – 1999
Interior minister – Mariela Sagel – 1998
Housing minister – Balbina Herrera – 2004
Foreign minister – Isabel Saint Malo – 2014




Puerto Rico


Assistant Attorney General – Miriam Maria Naveira de Rodón – 1966
Secretary of Labour – Julia Rivera de Vincenti – 1968
Governor – Sila María Calderón – 2000




Saint Kitts and Nevis


Minister of Women's Affairs – Constance V. Mitcham – 1984
Speaker of the National Assembly - Marcella Liburd - 2004
Governor-General - Marcella Liburd - 2023




Saint Lucia


Minister of Housing, Community Development, Local Government and Social Affairs, Groups Needs, Cooperatives, the Provident Fund and Water – Heraldine Rock – 1974
Minister of Legal Affairs - Lorraine Williams - 1992
Governor-General – Dame Pearlette Louisy – 1997




Saint Vincent and the Grenadines


Minister of Education Culture, Youth and Women's Affairs – Yvonne Francis-Gibson – 1989
Attorney General - Judith Jones-Morgan - 2001
Governor-General (acting) – Monica Dacon – 2002
Governor-General – Susan Dougan – 2019




Sint Maarten


Minister of Justice - Magali Jacoba - 2009
Prime Minister – Sarah Wescot-Williams – 2010
President of the Parliament – Gracita Arrindell – 2010
Minister of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports – Rhoda Arrindell – 2010
Minister of Healthcare, Social Development, and Labor – Maria Buncamper-Molanus – 2010
Minister Plenipotentiary – Josianne Fleming-Artsen – 2014
Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunications – Irania Arrindell – 2015




Trinidad and Tobago






= National level

=
Minister of Government – Isabel Ursula Teshea (People's National Movement) – 1963–1970
Attorney General – Kamla Persad-Bissessar (United National Congress) – 1995–1996
Acting Prime Minister – Kamla Persad-Bissessar (United National Congress) – 2000
Acting President – Linda Baboolal – 2002–2007
Ombudsman – Lynette Anthea Stephenson – 2006
Minister of Foreign Affairs – Paula Gopee-Scoon (People's National Movement) – 2007–2010
Prime Minister – Kamla Persad-Bissessar (United National Congress) – 2010 – 2015
President – Paula-Mae Weekes – 2018–2023




= Legislature

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Member of Parliament – Isabel Ursula Teshea – (People's National Movement) 1961–1970
Speaker of the House of Representatives – Occah Seapaul – 1991–1995
President of the Senate – Linda Baboolal – 2002–2007
Vice President of the Senate – Christine Kangaloo (People's National Movement) - 2002
Leader of the Opposition – Kamla Persad-Bissessar (United National Congress) – 2006–2007, 2010, 2015–incumbent
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives – Pennelope Beckles (People's National Movement) – 2007–2010
Opposition Chief Whip – Marlene McDonald (People's National Movement) – 2010 – 2015
Leader of Opposition Business in the Senate – Pennelope Beckles (People's National Movement) – 2010 – 2013




= Regional

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City Councillor – Port of Spain – Audrey Jeffers – 1936–1946
Mayor – San Fernando – Beryl Archibald Crichlow – 1949
Mayor – Arima – Rose Janneire (People's National Movement) – 1992–1996
Mayor – Chaguanas – Natasha Navas (United National Congress) – 2009–2010
Mayor – Point Fortin – Saleema McCree Thomas (People's National Movement) – 2020–Incumbent



Tobago

Member of Parliament – Pamela Nicholson (Democratic Action Congress) – 1981–2000
Secretary for Health, Social Security and Environment (Democratic Action Congress) – Judy Michelle Bobb – 1996-2000
Senator – Cynthia Alfred (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 1996–2001
Deputy Chief Secretary of Tobago – Cynthia Alfred (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2001–2009
Presiding Officer of the Tobago House of Assembly – Anne Mitchell-Gift (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2001–2013
Acting Prime Minister – Vernella Alleyne-Toppin (Tobago Organisation of the People) – 2010
Acting Chief Secretary of Tobago – Tracy Davidson-Celestine (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2016
Leader of a political party with representation in the House of Assembly – Tracy Davidson-Celestine (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2020–Incumbent
Leader of a political party with representation in the House of Representatives – Tracy Davidson-Celestine (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2020–Incumbent



= Individual ministries
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Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sport (Democratic Action Congress) – Miriam Caesar-More – 1996-2000
Secretary for Health and Social Services – Cynthia Alfred (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2001–2009
Secretary of Education, Youth Affairs and Sport – Anne Mitchell-Gift (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2006–2013
Leader of Government Business in the Assembly – Tracy Davidson-Celestine (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2009–2013
Secretary for Community Development and Culture – Tracy Davidson-Celestine (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2009–2013
Clerk of the Assembly – Vanessa Cutting-Thomas (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2010–2013
Secretary of Tourism and Transportation – Tracy Davidson-Celestine (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2013–2017
Secretary for Health, Wellness and Family Development – Agatha Carrington (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2017–2020
Secretary for Community Development, Enterprise Development and Labour – Marslyn Melville-Jack (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement) – 2017–Incumbent
Secretary for Tourism, Culture and Transportation – Nadine Stewart-Phillips (Tobago Council of the People's National Movement)– 2017–Incumbent




Turks and Caicos Islands


Minister of Natural Resources – Arabella Smith – 1991
Governor (acting) – Cynthia Astwood – 2002
Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands - Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson - 2016
Governor – Dileeni Daniel-Selvaratnam – 2023




United States






= Governors of each State

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Alabama – Lurleen Wallace - 1967
Alaska – Sarah Palin - 2006
Arizona – Rose Mofford - 1988
Connecticut – Ella T. Grasso - 1975
Delaware – Ruth Ann Minner - 2001
Hawaii – Linda Lingle - 2002
Iowa – Kim Reynolds - 2017
Kansas – Joan Finney - 1991
Kentucky – Martha Collins - 1983
Louisiana – Kathleen Blanco - 2004
Maine – Janet Mills - 2019
Massachusetts – Jane Swift - 2001
Michigan – Jennifer Granholm - 2003
Montana – Judy Martz - 2001
Nebraska – Kay A. Orr - 1987
New Hampshire – Vesta M. Roy - 1982
New Jersey – Christine Todd Whitman - 1994
New Mexico – Susana Martinez - 2011
New York – Kathy Hochul - 2021
North Carolina – Bev Perdue - 2009
Ohio – Nancy Hollister - 1998
Oklahoma – Mary Fallin - 2011
Oregon – Barbara Roberts - 1991
Rhode Island – Gina Raimondo - 2015
South Carolina – Nikki Haley - 2011
South Dakota – Kristi Noem - 2019
Texas – Miriam A. Ferguson - 1925
Utah – Olene Walker - 2003
Vermont – Madeleine Kunin - 1985
Washington – Dixy Lee Ray - 1977
Wyoming – Nellie Tayloe Ross - 1925




= Senators of each State

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Alabama – Dixie Graves - 1937
Alaska – Lisa Murkowski - 2002
Arizona – Martha McSally & Kyrsten Sinema - 2019
Arkansas – Hattie Caraway - 1931 (First female in history to be elected to the Senate)
California – Dianne Feinstein - 1992
Florida – Paula Hawkins - 1981
Georgia – Rebecca Felton - 1922 (First female in the history to be appointed to the Senate)
Hawaii – Mazie Hirono - 2013
Illinois – Carol Moseley-Braun - 1993
Iowa – Joni Ernst - 2015
Kansas – Nancy Kassebaum - 1978
Louisiana – Rose Long - 1936
Maine – Margaret C. Smith - 1949
Maryland – Barbara Mikulski - 1987
Massachusetts - Elizabeth Warren - 2013
Michigan – Debbie Stabenow - 2001
Minnesota – Muriel Humphrey - 1978
Mississippi - Cindy Hyde-Smith - 2018
Missouri – Jean Carnahan - 2001
Nebraska – Eva Bowring - 1954
Nevada – Catherine Cortez Masto - 2017
New Hampshire – Jeanne Shaheen - 2009
New York – Hillary Clinton - 2001
North Carolina – Elizabeth Dole - 2003
North Dakota – Jocelyn Burdick - 1992
Oregon – Maurine Neuberger - 1960
South Dakota – Gladys Pyle - 1938 (First female in history to be elected in her own right to the Senate rather than achieving office through Widow's Succession)
Tennessee – Marsha Blackburn - 2019
Texas – Kay Hutchison - 1993
Washington – Patty Murray - 1993
West Virginia – Shelley Moore Capito - 2015
Wisconsin – Tammy Baldwin - 2013
Wyoming – Cynthia Lummis - 2021




= Representatives of each State

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Alabama – Elizabeth B. Andrews - 1972
Alaska – Mary Peltola - 2022
Arizona – Isabella Greenway - 1933
Arkansas – Pearl Peden Oldfield - 1929
California – Mae Nolan - 1923
Colorado – Pat Schroeder - 1973
Connecticut – Clare Boothe Luce - 1943
Delaware – Lisa Blunt Rochester - 2017
Florida – Ruth Bryan Owen - 1929
Georgia – Florence Reville Gibbs - 1940
Hawaii – Patsy Mink - 1964
Idaho – Gracie Pfost - 1953
Illinois – Winnifred Sprague Mason Huck - 1922
Indiana – Virginia E. Jenckes - 1933
Iowa – Cindy Axne & Abby Finkenauer - 2019
Kansas – Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy - 1933
Kentucky – Katherine G. Langley - 1927
Louisiana – Lindy Boggs - 1935
Maine – Margaret Chase Smith - 1940
Maryland – Katharine Byron - 1941
Massachusetts – Edith Nourse Rogers - 1925
Michigan – Ruth Thompson - 1951
Minnesota – Coya Knutson - 1955
Missouri – Leonor Sullivan - 1953
Montana – Jeannette Rankin - 1917 (First female in history to be elected to Congress & the House of Representatives)
Nebraska – Virginia D. Smith - 1975
Nevada – Barbara Vucanovich - 1983
New Hampshire – Carol Shea-Porter - 2007
New Jersey – Mary Teresa Norton - 1925
New Mexico – Georgia Lee Lusk - 1947
New York – Ruth Baker Pratt - 1929
North Carolina – Eliza Jane Pratt - 1946
Ohio – Frances P. Bolton - 1940
Oklahoma – Alice Mary Robertson - 1921
Oregon – Nan Wood Honeyman - 1937
Pennsylvania – Veronica Grace Boland - 1942
Rhode Island – Claudine Schneider - 1981
South Carolina – Elizabeth Hawley Gasque - 1938
South Dakota – Stephanie Herseth Sandlin - 2004
Tennessee – Willa McCord Blake Eslick - 1932
Texas – Lera Millard Thomas - 1966
Utah – Reva Beck Bosone - 1949
Virginia – Leslie Byrne - 1993
Washington – Catherine Dean May - 1959
West Virginia – Elizabeth Kee - 1951
Wisconsin – Tammy Baldwin - 1999
Wyoming – Barbara Cubin - 1995




= Non-voting members of each Territory or District of Columbia

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American Samoa – Amata Coleman Radewagen - 2015
District of Columbia – Eleanor Holmes Norton - 1991
Guam – Madeleine Bordallo - 2003
Hawaii Territory – Mary Elizabeth Pruett Farrington - 1954
Puerto Rico – Jenniffer González - 2017
United States Virgin Islands – Donna Christian-Christensen - 1997




= Congressional Firsts

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First woman to be elected to the United States House of Representatives - Jeannette Rankin - 1916
First woman to run for a Senate seat - Jeannette Rankin - 1918
First female to preside over the House – Alice Mary Robertson of Oklahoma - 1921
First woman to be appointed to the United States Senate - Rebecca Latimer Felton - 1922
First woman to be elected to the United States Senate - Hattie Caraway - 1932
First female to preside over the Senate – Hattie Caraway of Arkansas - 1943
First female to serve in both houses of Congress – Margaret Chase Smith of Maine - 1948
First female pages appointed in Senate – Paulette Desell, Ellen McConnell, and Julie Price - 1971




= Local and municipal elected offices

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Superintendent of Public Education - Ellen Webster - 1872 Harvey County, Kansas.
Superintendent of Public Education - Mary Higby - 1872 Labette County, Kansas.
Board of Education - Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck - 1880
Mayor - Susanna M. Salter - 1887
Chief of the Cherokee Nation - Wilma Mankiller - 1985
Chairwoman of the Tohono O'odham Nation - Vivian Juan-Saunders - 2003




= State elected offices

=
State House of Representatives - Carrie C. Holly, Clara Cressingham, and Frances S. Klock all of Colorado - 1894
State Senator - Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah - 1896
First female to serve in both houses of State legislature - Edna Beard of Vermont - 1923
Governor - Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming - 1925
Speaker of a State House of Representatives - Minnie Davenport Craig of North Dakota -1933
Lieutenant governor - Consuelo Northrop Bailey of Vermont - 1955
State Senate Majority Leader - Sandra Day O'Connor of Arizona - 1972




= National offices

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Elected

United States House of Representatives - Jeannette Rankin - 1917
United States Senate - Hattie Wyatt Caraway - 1932
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives - Nancy Pelosi - 2007
Vice President of the United States - Kamala Harris - 2021



National caucus or political party

Secretary of the Democratic House Caucus - Chase G. Woodhouse - 1949
Chairwoman of the Republican Senate Conference - Margaret Chase Smith - 1967
Chairperson of the Democratic Party National Committee - Jean Westwood - 1972
Chairperson of the Republican Party National Committee - Mary Louise Smith - 1974
House Democratic Whip - Nancy Pelosi - 2002
House Democratic Leader - Nancy Pelosi - 2003
Senate Chief Deputy Democratic Whip - Barbara Boxer - 2007



Heads of the each Federal Executive Department

Secretary of State - Madeleine Albright - 1997
Secretary of the Treasury - Janet Yellen - 2021
Attorney General - Janet Reno - 1993
Secretary of the Interior - Gale Norton - 2001
Secretary of Agriculture - Ann Veneman - 2001
Secretary of Commerce - Juanita M. Kreps - 1977
Secretary of Labor - Frances Perkins - 1933 (First female in history to be appointed to the Cabinet)
Secretary of Health and Human Services - Oveta Culp Hobby - 1953 (The position was established as Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on April 11, 1953; Renamed on May 4, 1980)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Carla Anderson Hills - 1975
Secretary of Transportation - Elizabeth Dole - 1983
Secretary of Energy - Hazel R. O'Leary - 1993
Secretary of Education - Shirley Hufstedler - 1979
Secretary of Homeland Security - Janet Napolitano - 2009



Heads of Federal Executive Departments





Postmaster General - Megan Brennan - 2015 (Reorganized department)
Secretary of the Air Force - Sheila Widnall - 1993 (Merged department)
Secretary of the Navy - Susan Livingstone (acting) - 2003 (Merged department)
Secretary of the Army - Christine Wormuth - 2021 (Merged department)



Executive Office of the President advisors

Office of the United States Trade Representative - Carla Anderson Hills - 1989
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers - Laura Tyson - 1993
Director of the Office of Management and Budget - Alice Rivlin - 1994
Director of the National Economic Council - Laura Tyson - 1995
National Security Advisor - Condoleezza Rice - 2001
Homeland Security Advisor - Frances Townsend - 2004




See also


List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government
List of the first LGBT holders of political offices
List of the first women holders of political offices in South America




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• List of the first women holders of political offices in North America
• List of the first openly LGBT holders of political offices
• List of the first women holders of political offices in Africa
• List of the first women holders of political offices
• List of the first women holders of political offices in Asia
• List of the first women holders of political offices in South America
• List of the first women holders of political offices in Europe
• List of the first openly LGBT holders of political offices in Canada
• List of the first women holders of political offices in Oceania
• List of first openly LGBTQ politicians in the United States