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Women in the US Congress

Women in the House of Representatives

By Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com Guide

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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.

Denise Majette

Katherine Harris

Marsha Blackburn

Madeleine Z. Bordallo

Virginia (Ginny) Brown-Waite

Candice Miller

Marilyn N. Musgrave

Linda T. Sánchez

Stephanie Herseth Sandlin

Melissa Bean

Thelma Drake

Virginia Foxx

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Gwen Moore

Doris Matsui

Allyson Schwartz

Jean Schmidt

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Shelley Sekula Gibbs

Michele Bachmann

Nancy Boyda

Kathy Castor

Yvette D. Clarke

Mary Fallin

Gabrielle Giffords

Kirsten Gillibrand

Mazie Hirono

Laura Richardson

Carol Shea-Porter

Betty Sutton

Nicola S. (Niki) Tsongas

Donna F. Edwards

Marcia L. Fudge

Jackie Speier

Kathleen A. Dahlkemper

Deborah L. Halvorson

Lynn Jenkins

Mary Jo Kilroy

Ann Kirkpatrick

Suzanne Kosmas

Cynthia M. Lummus

Betsy Markey

Chellie Pingree

Dina Titus

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