Womans In Politics Essay, Research Paper
Here are some facts about adult females who have served
or are presently functioning in the U.S. Congress.
There have been 200 adult females elected or
appointed to the U.S. Congress. Jeannette
Rankin, Republican from Montana, was the
foremost adult female elected to function in Congress. On
November 9, 1916, she was elected to the
House of Representatives as Montana & # 8217 ; s
Representative-at-Large to the sixty-fifth Congress ; she served from
1917-1919. Since that clip 199 other adult females have served in
Congress.
There are a record figure of adult females functioning in the 106th
Congress: 58 in the House and 9 in the Senate.
There have been 178 adult females elected to the House of
Representatives. Of these, 37 were elected to make full vacancies caused
by their hubbies & # 8217 ; deceases.
There have been 27 adult females elected to the Senate. Of these, 7 were
elected to make full vacancies caused by their hubbies & # 8217 ; deceases. Five
adult females went from the House to the Senate.
Edith Nourse Rogers, Republican from
Massachusetts, holds the record for the
longest service by a adult female in the House of
Representatives. Originally elected to make full the
vacancy caused by her hubby & # 8217 ; s decease, she
served from June 25, 1925, until her decease on
September 10, 1960.
Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtineor, a
Republican from Florida, was foremost elected in
1989. She is the first Hispanic adult female and
foremost Cuban American to function in Congress.
Representative Nydia Velazquez, a
Democrat from New York, was elected in
1992 and became the first Puerto Rican
adult female to function in Congress.
Women Political Leaders -Historical and
Current
State
Name
Reign
Argentina
President Isabel Per? N
1974-1976
Lesser Armenia
Queen Zabel
1219-1226
Bangladesh
Prime Minister Khaleda
Zia
1991-1996
Bangladesh
Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina Wajed
1996-present
Bermuda
Premier Pamela Gordon
1997-1998
Bermuda
Premier Jennifer Smith
1998-present
Bolivia
Prime Minister Lidia
Gueiler
1979-1980
Burundi
Prime Minister Sylvie
Kinigi
1993-1994
Byzantium
( Roman Empire )
Empress Theodora
1055-1056
Cambodia
Queen Kossamak ( joint
swayer )
1955-1960
Canada
Prime Minister Kim
Campbell
1993 ( 4 months )
Cardinal African
Republic
Prime Minister Elizabeth
Domitien
1974-1976
China
Empress Wu Chao
655-705
China
Dowager Empress Tsu-Hsi
1861-1908
Danmark
Queen Margaret I
1387-1412
Danmark
Queen Margrethe II
1972-present
Dominica
Prime Minister Mary
Eugenia Charles
1980-1995
United arab republic
Queen Hatshepsut
1501-1498 B.C.
United arab republic
Queen Eje
1351-1350 B.C.
United arab republic
Queen Arsinoe II ( joint
swayer )
279-270 B.C.
United arab republic
Queen Berenice
81-80 B.C.
United arab republic
Queen Cleopatra VII
51-50 B.C.
Yaltopya
Empress Waizero
1916-1930
Suomi
President Tarja Halonen
2000-present
France
Prime Minister Edith
Cresson
1991-1992
Great Britain
Queen Jane ( Lady Jane
Grey )
1553 ( 9 yearss )
Great Britain
Queen Mary I
1553-1558
Great Britain
Queen Elizabeth I
1558-1603
Great Britain
Queen Mary II ( joint swayer )
1689-1702
Great Britain
Queen Anne
1702-1714
Great Britain
Queen Victoria
1837-1901
Great Britain
Queen Elizabeth II
1952-present
Great Britain
Prime Minister Margaret
Thatcher
1979-1990
Guyana
President Janet Jagan
1997-1999
Haiti
Provisional President Erita
Pascal-Trouillot
1990
Haiti
Prime Minister Claudette
Werleigh
1995-1996
Hungary
Queen Mary
1382-1387
Hungary
Queen Elizabeth
1439-1440
Hungary
Queen Maria Theresa
1740-1780
Iceland
President Vigdis
Finnbogad? ttir
1980-1996
India
Prime Minister Indira
Gandhi
1966-1977,
1980-1984
Irish republic
President Mary Robinson
1990-1997
Irish republic
President Mary McAleese
1997-present
Israel and Judah
Queen Athaliah
842-837 B.C.
Israel
Prime Minister Golda Meir
1969-1974
Italy
Queen Theodelinda
590
Italy
Queen Joanna I of Napolis
1343-1381
Italy
Queen Maria of Sicily
1377-1402
Italy
Queen Joanna II of Naples
1414-1435
Japan
Empress Suiko Tenno
593-628
Japan
Empress Kogyoku
642-645
Japan
Empress Jito
686-697
Japan
Empress Gemmyo
703-724
Japan
Empress Koken
( abdicated )
749-758
Japan
Empress Shotuku-Koken
764-770
Latvia
President Vaira
Vike-Freiberga
1999-present
Lithuania
Prime Minister Kazimicra
Prunskiene
1990-1992
Malagasy republic
Queen Ranavalona I
1828-1861
Malagasy republic
Queen Rasoaherina
1863-1868
Malagasy republic
Queen Ranavalona II
1868-1883
Malagasy republic
Queen Ranavalona III
( deposed )
1883-1896
Nederlands
Queen Wilhelmina
( abdicated )
1890-1948
Nederlands
Queen Juliana
1948-1980
Nederlands
Queen Beatrix
1980-present
Nederlands
Antilles
Prime Minister Maria
Liberia-Peters
1984-1986,
1988-1993
Nederlands
Antilles
Prime Minister Susanne
Camelia-Romer
1993, 1998-present
New Zealand
Prime Minister Jenny
Shipley
1997-1999
New Zealand
Prime Minister Helen
Clark
1999-present
Nicaragua
President Maria Liberia
Peres
1984-1985
Nicaragua
President Violeta
Barriosde Chamorro
1990-1997
Norway
Queen Margaret
1387-1412
Norway
Prime Minister Gro Harlem
Brundtlandt
1981 and 1986
Pakistan
Prime Minister Benazir
Bhutto
1988-1990,
1993-1996
Panama
President Mireya Moscoso
1999-present
Philippines
President Maria Corazon
Aquino
1986-1992
Poland
Queen Hedwige
1384-1399
Poland
Prime Minister Hanna
Suchocka
1992-1993
Portuguese republic
Queen Maria I
1777-1816
Portuguese republic
Queen Maria II
1826-1828
Portuguese republic
Queen Maria III
1834-1853
Portuguese republic
Prime Minister Maria de
Lourdes Pintasilgo
1979 ( 149 yearss )
Roman Empire
Empress Irene
797-802
Soviet union
Queen Tamara
1184-1212
Soviet union
Empress Catherine I
1725-1727
Soviet union
Empress Anna Ivanovna
1730-1740
Soviet union
Empress Elizabeth
Petrovna
1741-1762
Soviet union
Empress Catherine II ( The
Great )
1762-1796
Rwandese republic
Prime Minister Agathe
Uwilingiyimana
1993-1994
St. Lucia
Governor-General
Pearlette Louisy
1997-present
Scotland
Queen Mary Stuart
( executed )
1542-1567
Seminole State
Betty Mae Jumper
1960-1969
Spain
Queen Dona Urraca
1109-1126
Spain
Queen Juana I
1274-1307
Spain
Queen Juana II
1328-1349
Spain
Queen Dona Blanca
1425-1441
Spain
Queen Isabella I ( joint
swayer )
1474-1504
Spain
Queen Catalina de Albret
1481-1512
Spain
Queen Isabella II
1833-1868
Sri Lanka
Queen Anula
47-42 B.C.
Sri Lanka
Queen Sivali
35 B.C.
Sri Lanka
Queen Lilavati
1197-1200,
1209-1212
Sri Lanka
Queen Kalyanavati
1202-1208
Sri Lanka
Prime Minister Sirimavo
Bandaranaike
1960-1965,
1970-1977,
1994-present
Sri Lanka
President Chandrika
Kumaratunga
1994-present
Sverige
Queen Christina
( abdicated )
1632-1654
Sverige
Queen Ulrica Eleonora
( abdicated )
1718-1720
Friendly islands
Queen Salote Tubou III
1918-1965
Turkey
Prime Minister Tansu? iller
1993-1996
