Sen. Hattie Caraway from Arkansas was the 1st woman elected to the Senate in 1932 #WomensHistoryMonth #100yearsofWomenpic.twitter.com/lV4ik3Nrp1
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“The time has passed when a woman should be placed in a position and kept there only while someone else is being groomed for the job.”
Caraway broke down many gender barriers in the Senate, becoming 1st woman to chair a Senate cmte, the cmte on Enrolled Bills in 1933.
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She was also the 1st woman to preside over the Senate in 1943
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