User:FloNight/List of the first United States female state legislators

List of the first United States female state legislators. [1] [2]

Alabama

Alaska

  • 1937 Representative Nell Scott (elected to AK Territorial House)

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

  • 1894 Representatives Frances Klock, Clara Cressingham and Carrie C. Holly
  • 1913 Senator Helen R. Robinson

Connecticut

  • 1921 Representatives Emily Sophie Brown, Grace I. Edwards, Lillian M.S. Frink, Mary M. Hooker, Helen A. Jewett

Delaware

  • 1924 Representative Florence Hanby
  • 1956 Senator Meg Manning

Florida

  • 1929 Representative Edna Fuller Giles
  • 1962 Senator Beth McCollough Johnson

Georgia

  • 1922 Representatives Bessie Knowles and Viola Ross Napier
  • 1927 Senator Margaret Bradbury Johnson (never assumed office)

Hawaii

  • 1924 Representative Rosalie Keli’inoi (elected to HI Territorial House)
  • 1932 Senator Elsie Wilcox (elected to HI Territorial Senate)

Idaho

  • 1898 Representatives Clara Campbell, Hattie Noble and Mary Allen Wright
  • 1935 Senator Margaret Bognet Pike

Illinois

  • 1922 Representative Lottie Holman O’Neill
  • 1924 Senator Florence Fifer Bohrer

Indiana

  • 1921 Representative Julia D. Nelson
  • 1943 Senator Arcada Stark Balz

Iowa

  • 1928 Representative Carolyn Campbell Pendray
  • 1932 Senator Carolyn Campbell Pendray

Kansas

  • 1918 Representative Minnie Grinstead
  • 1929 Senator T.T. Solander

Kentucky

Louisiana

  • 1940 Representative Beatrice Hawthorne Moore
  • 1936 Senator Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes

Maine

  • 1922 Representative Dora Pinkham
  • 1927 Senators Dora Pinkham and Katherine C. Allen

Maryland

  • 1921 Delegate Mary E. W. Risteau
  • 1934 Senator Mary E. W. Risteau

Massachusetts

  • 1922 Representatives Susan Walker Fitzgerald and Sylvia M. Donaldson
  • 1936 Senator Sybil Holmes

Michigan

  • 1924 Representative Cora B. R. Anderson
  • 1921 Senator Eva M. Hamilton

Minnesota

  • 1922 Representatives Myrtle Cain, Susan M. D. Hough, Mabeth Hurd and Hannah J. Kempfer
  • 1927 Senator Laura E. J. Naplin

Mississippi

  • 1923 Representative Nellie N. Somerville
  • 1923 Senator Carrie B. Kearney

Missouri

  • 1922 Representatives Mellcene Thurman Smith and Sarah Lucille Turner
  • 1973 Senator Mary Gant

Montana

  • 1917 Representatives Maggie Smith Hathaway and Emma Ingalls

Nebraska

  • 1924 Representatives Mabel A. Gillespie, Clara C. Humphrey and Sara T. Muir
  • 1946 Senator Nell Krause

Nevada

  • 1918 Representative Sadie D. Hurst
  • 1935 Senator Frances C. Friedhoff

New Hampshire

  • 1920 Representatives Jessie A. Doe and Dr. Mary Louise Rolfe Farnum
  • 1930 Senator Maude Ferguson

New Jersey

  • 1920 Representatives Margaret Laird and Jennie Van Ness
  • 1966 Senator Mildred B. Hughes

New Mexico

  • 1922 Representative Bertha M. Paxton
  • 1925 Senator Louise Holland Coe

New York

North Carolina

  • 1921 Representative Lillian Exum Clement
  • 1931 Senator Gertrude Dills McKee

North Dakota

  • 1922 Representatives Minnie Craig and Nellie Dougherty
  • 1950 Senator Agnes K. Geelan

Ohio

  • 1922 Representatives Nettie McKenzie Clapp, Lulu Thomas Gleason, Adelaide Sterling Ott and May Martin Van Wye
  • 1922 Senators Nettie Bromley Loughead and Maude Comstock Waitt

Oklahoma

  • 1920 Representative Amelia Elizabeth “Bessie” McColgin
  • 1920 Senator Lamar Looney

Oregon

  • 1914 Representative Marion Towne
  • 1915 Senator Kathryn Clarke

Pennsylvania

  • 1922 Representatives Alice Bentley, Rosa DeYoung, Sarah Gallaher, Helene Grimes, Sarah MacKinney, Lillie Pitts, Martha Speiser and Martha Thomas
  • 1925 Flora Vare

Rhode Island

  • 1922 Representative Isabella Ahearn O’Neill
  • 1928 Senator Lulu M. Schlesinger

South Carolina

  • 1945 Representative Harriet Johnson
  • 1928 Senator Mary G. Ellis

South Dakota

  • 1922 Representative Gladys Pyle
  • 1936 Senator Jessie E. Sanders

Tennessee

  • 1922 Representative Marion Scudder
  • 1921 Senator Anna L. Worley

Texas

  • 1922 Representative Edith M. Wilmans
  • 1926 Senator Margie Neal

Utah

  • 1896 Representatives Sarah Anderson and Eurethe LaBarthe
  • 1896 Senator Martha Hughes Cannon

Vermont

  • 1920 Representative Edna Louisa Beard
  • 1922 Senator Edna Louisa Beard

Virginia

  • 1923 Representatives Sarah Lee Fain and Helen Timmons Henderson
  • 1979 Senator Eva F. Scott

Washington

  • 1912 Representatives Frances C. Axtell and Nena J. Croake
  • 1922 Senator Reba Hurn

West Virginia

Wisconsin

  • 1924 Representatives Mildred Barber, Hellen M. Brooks and Helen F. Thompson
  • 1975 Senator Kathryn Morrison

Wyoming

References

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  1. ^ Weatherford, Doris (September 9, 2009). "Women Wielding Power: Pioneer Female State Legislators". Women Wielding Power Exhibit. Alexandria, VA: The National Women's History Museum. Retrieved 29 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "First Women Elected/Appointed to State Legislative Office". Legislators. Washington, D.C.: Women In Government. 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2010.