1888: Oskaloosa, Kansas became the first town in the United States known to have an all-woman government... Read more about 1888: Oskaloosa, Kansas became the first town in the United States known to have an all-woman government...
1949: Burnita Shelton Matthews became the first woman to serve as a federal district court judge... Read more about 1949: Burnita Shelton Matthews became the first woman to serve as a federal district court judge...
1922: Florence Ellinwood Allen became the first woman elected to a state supreme court... Read more about 1922: Florence Ellinwood Allen became the first woman elected to a state supreme court...
1925: The first and only all-female state supreme court... Read more about 1925: The first and only all-female state supreme court...
2019: Nevada became the first state to have women hold a majority of state legislative seats (32 of 63, or 50.8%). Read more about 2019: Nevada became the first state to have women hold a majority of state legislative seats (32 of 63, or 50.8%).
1963:Justice Lorna Lockwood of Arizona b... Read more about 1963:Justice Lorna Lockwood of Arizona b...
1933:Minnie Davenport Craig (R-ND) becam... Read more about 1933:Minnie Davenport Craig (R-ND) becam...
