Women Cabinet Officials
Women in the Cabinet - Chronological
What women have served in the cabinet? Find a complete list here, organized in this case chronologically.
Longest-Serving Women in the Cabinet
Cabinet members are high ranking members of the executive branch in US government. Which five women have served the longest as cabinet officials?
Carla Hills
Profile of Carla Hills, third woman in the US to head a cabinet department. She served 1975-1977 as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, later as US Trade Representative, also a cabinet-level position.
Janet Reno
Janet Reno was the first female Attorney General of the United States, and was the center of considerable controversy.
Aida Alvarez
Gale biography of the first Hispanic woman to head the Small Business Administration and the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to hold a Cabinet-level position.