More than 200 women have served in the US Congress. Following is an index of these women, arranged by the year they first took office.
Coya Knutson
Democrat - Minnesota
Served: 1955 - 1959
Iris Faircloth Blitch
Democrat - Georgia
Served: 1955 - 1963
Edith Starrett Green
Democrat - Oregon
Served: 1955 - 1974
Martha Wright Griffiths
Democrat - Michigan
Served: 1955 - 1974
Kathryn E. Granahan
Democrat - Pennsylvania
Served: 1956 - 1963
Florence P. Dwyer
Republican - New Jersey
Served: 1957 - 1973
Edna O. Simpson
Republican - Illinois
Served: 1959 - 1961
Jessica McCullough Weis
Republican - New York
Served: 1959 - 1963
Catherine Dean May
Republican - Washington
Served: 1959 - 1971
Julia Butler Hansen
Democrat - Washington
Served: 1960 - 1974
Catherine D. Norrell
Democrat - Arkansas
Served: 1961 - 1963
Louise G. Reece
Republican - Tennessee
Served: 1961 - 1963
Corinne Boyd Riley
Democrat - South Carolina
Served: 1962 - 1963
Charlotte T. Reid
Republican - Illinois
Served: 1963 - 1971
Irene Bailey Baker
Republican - Tennessee
Served: 1964 - 1965
Patsy T. Mink
Democrat - Hawaii
Served: 1965 - 1977, 1990 - 2002
Lera Millard Thomas
Democrat - Texas
Served: 1966 - 1967
Margaret M. Heckler
Republican - Massachusetts
Served: 1967 - 1983
Shirley Anita Chisholm
Democrat - New York
Served: 1969 - 1983
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Louise Day Hicks
Democrat - Massachusetts
Served: 1971 - 1973
Ella Tambussi Grasso
Democrat - Connecticut
Served: 1971 - 1975
Bella Savitzky Abzug
Democrat - New York
Served: 1971 - 1977
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Elizabeth Bullock Andrews
Democrat - Alabama
Served: 1972 - 1973
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Democrat - California
Served: 1973 - 1979
Barbara Jordan
Democrat - Texas
Served: 1973 - 1979
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Elizabeth Holtzman
Democrat - New York
Served: 1973 - 1981
Marjorie Sewell Holt
Republican - Maryland
Served: 1973 - 1987
Corinne Claiborne (Lindy) Boggs
Democrat - Louisiana
Served: 1973 - 1991
Cardiss Collins
Democrat - Illinois
Served: 1973 - 1997
Patricia S. Schroeder
Democrat - Colorado
Served: 1973 - 1997
Martha Elizabeth Keys
Democrat - Kansas
Served: 1975 - 1979
Helen Stevenson Meyner
Democrat - New Jersey
Served: 1975 - 1979
Shirley N. Pettis
Republican - California
Served: 1975 - 1979
Gladys Noon Spellman
Democrat - Maryland
Served: 1975 - 1981
Millicent Fenwick
Republican - New Jersey
Served: 1975 - 1983
Virginia Dodd Smith
Republican - Nebraska
Served: 1975 - 1991
Marilyn Lloyd
Democrat - Tennessee
Served: 1975 - 1995
Barbara Ann Mikulski
Democrat - Maryland
Served: 1977 - 1987
Mary Rose Oakar
Democrat - Ohio
Served: 1977 - 1993
Geraldine Anne Ferraro
Democrat - New York
Served: 1979 - 1985
Beverly Butcher Byron
Democrat - Maryland
Served: 1979 - 1993
Olympia Jean Snowe
Republican - Maine
Served: 1979 - 1995
Bobbi Fiedler
Republican - California
Served: 1981 - 1987
Lynn Martin
Republican - Illinois
Served: 1981 - 1991
Claudine Schneider
Republican - Rhode Island
Served: 1981 - 1991
Margaret (Marge) Roukema
Republican - New Jersey
Served: 1981 - 2003
Jean Spencer Ashbrook
Republican - Ohio
Served: 1982 - 1983
Katie Beatrice Hall
Democrat - Indiana
Served: 1982 - 1985
Barbara B. Kennelly
Democrat - Connecticut
Served: 1982 - 1999
