Women In The United States House Of Representatives
Women have served in the United States House of Representatives since 1917; the first woman representative was Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Montana elected in 1917. Over 200 women have served in the House of Representatives; there are currently 78 women (constituting 17.9% of all representatives) serving there.
Women have been elected to the House of Representatives from 44 of the 50 states in the United States. The states that have not elected a woman to the House are Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Vermont -- though both Alaska and North Dakota have been represented by women in the United States Senate.
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