About 5% of the total US cabinet members in history have been women. The first was appointed in 1933. Both Republican and Democratic presidents appointed women to their cabinets. These women come from many different backgrounds and have had many different leadership styles. What they have in common is that each of them was a trusted advisor to the president. How many of them do you know?
| Secretary | Position | Served From | Served To | Administration |
| Frances Perkins | Secretary of Labor | March 4, 1933 | June 30, 1945 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Oveta Culp Hobby | Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | April 11, 1953 | July 13, 1955 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Carla Anderson Hills | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | March 10, 1975 | January 20, 1977 | Gerald Ford |
| Juanita M. Kreps | Secretary of Commerce | January 23, 1977 | October 31, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
| Patricia Roberts Harris | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | January 23, 1977 | September 10, 1979 | Jimmy Carter |
| Patricia Roberts Harris | Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | August 3, 1979 | May 4, 1980 | Jimmy Carter |
| Shirley Hufstedler | Secretary of Education | November 30, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| Patricia Roberts Harris | Secretary of Health and Human Services | May 4, 1980 | January 20, 1981 | Jimmy Carter |
| Elizabeth Dole | Secretary of Transportation | February 7, 1983 | September 30, 1987 | Ronald Reagan |
| Margaret Heckler | Secretary of Health and Human Services | March 9, 1983 | December 13, 1985 | Ronald Reagan |
| Ann Dore McLaughlin | Secretary of Labor | December 17, 1987 | January 20, 1989 | Ronald Reagan |
| Elizabeth Dole | Secretary of Labor | January 25, 1989 | November 23, 1990 | George H. W. Bush |
| Lynn Morley Martin | Secretary of Labor | February 22, 1991 | January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
| Barbara Hackman Franklin | Secretary of Commerce | February 27, 1992 | January 20, 1993 | George H. W. Bush |
| Donna Shalala | Secretary of Health and Human Services | January 22, 1993 | January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
| Hazel R. O'Leary | Secretary of Energy | January 22, 1993 | January 20, 1997 | Bill Clinton |
| Janet Reno | Attorney General | March 11, 1993 | January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
| Madeleine Albright | Secretary of State | January 23, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
| Alexis Herman | Secretary of Labor | May 1, 1997 | January 20, 2001 | Bill Clinton |
| Elaine Chao | Secretary of Labor | January 20, 2001 | January 20, 2009 | George W. Bush |
| Ann Veneman | Secretary of Agriculture | January 20, 2001 | January 20, 2005 | George W. Bush |
| Gale Norton | Secretary of the Interior | January 31, 2001 | March 31, 2006 | George W. Bush |
| Margaret Spellings | Secretary of Education | January 20, 2005 | January 20, 2009 | George W. Bush |
| Condoleezza Rice | Secretary of State | January 26, 2005 | January 20, 2009 | George W. Bush |
| Maria Cino | Secretary of Transportation : Acting | July 7, 2006 | September 30, 2006 | George W. Bush |
| Mary Peters | Secretary of Transportation | October 17, 2006 | January 20, 2009 | George W. Bush |
| Janet Napolitano | Secretary of Homeland Security | January 21, 2009 | September 6, 2013 | Barack Obama |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Secretary of State | January 21, 2009 | February 1, 2013 | Barack Obama |
| Hilda Solis | Secretary of Labor | February 24, 2009 | January 22, 2013 | Barack Obama |
| Kathleen Sebelius | Secretary of Health and Human Services | April 28, 2009 | Barack Obama | |
| Rebecca Blank | Secretary of Commerce : Acting | August 1, 2011 | October 21, 2011 | Barack Obama |
| Rebecca Blank | Secretary of Commerce : Acting | June 11, 2012 | June 1, 2013 | Barack Obama |
| Sally Jewell | Secretary of the Interior | April 12, 2013 | Barack Obama | |
| Penny Pritzker | Secretary of Commerce | June 26, 2013 | Barack Obama |
