FIRST Woman to serve in the US Senate
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First woman to serve in the US Senate lived near this marker.
Waymark Code: WM2FTG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2007
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Rebecca Latimer Felton: A Featured Biography
Rebecca Felton (D-GA)
The first woman to serve in the United States Senate, Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835-1930) of Georgia took the oath of office on November 21, 1922. Having been appointed to fill a vacancy, Felton served for just 24 hours. The 87-year-old Felton's largely symbolic Senate service capped a long career in Georgia politics and journalism. In her only Senate speech, delivered to a large audience in the Senate Chamber, Felton concluded with the following prediction: "When the women of the country come in and sit with you,... you will get ability, you will get integrity of purpose, you will get exalted patriotism, and you will get unstinted usefulness." To date, thirty-five women have served in the U.S. Senate.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 11/21/1922
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