Women in the Senate (United States)

A list of women in the Senate, from About.com Women's History Guide Jone Johnson Lewis.

Hattie Caraway biography: first woman elected to the United States Senate.

Rebecca Ann Felton, the first woman in the US Senate, was from Georgia, and was appointed for two days as a symbolic gesture.

Official Senate web site of Senator Barbara Boxer, U.S. Senator since 1993, which includes a biography.

Biography of Vera Cahalan Bushfield, Republican Senator from South Dakota 1948-48, from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Appointed to fill a vacancy left by her husband's death.

Official U.S. Senate site of Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington, Senator since 2001. Site includes biography.

Official U.S. Senate biography for Senator Hillary Clinton, elected in 2000 from New York. Her election was a unique achievement since she was First Lady at the time of her election.

Official U.S. Senate web site of Susan Collins, elected in 1996 from Maine. Site includes biography.

Official site for Dianne Feinstein, United States Senator from California since 1992. Site includes a biography.

The first woman in the United States Senate, she was appointed in 1922 to hold the office for one day before the elected Senator could take office.

A brief article about the appointment of the first woman Senator, Rebecca Felton, then 87 years old.

Biography of Dixie Bibb Graves, Democratic Senator from Louisiana 1937-38, from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Appointed by her husband to fill a vacancy.

A speech by U.S. Senator Nancy Kassebaum, 1996.

Official web site of Senator Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana, elected in 1997. Site includes biography. There's a low bandwidth version of the site for people on slower connections.

Official web site of U.S. Senator Lincoln from Arkansas, the youngest woman elected to the U.S. Senate when she was elected in 1998. Site includes biography.

Biography of Rose McConnell Long, Democratic Senator from Louisiana 1936-7, from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. She filled the remaining years of her husband's term when he died in 1936.

Official U.S. Senate web site of Senator Barbara Mikulski from Maryland, Senator since 1987 after more than a decade in the House of Representatives. Site includes biography.

Official U.S. Senate web site of the Washington Senator, Patty Murray, first elected in 1992. Biography on the site, though you may have to dig a bit to find it.

Biography of Gladys Pyle, Republican Senator from South Dakota 1938-39, from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Elected to fill a vacancy.

Biography of Margaret Chase Smith, Republican Senator from Maine 1949-1973, from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

Official U.S. Senate web site for Olympia Snowe of Maine, the second woman to represent Maine in the U.S. Senate, first elected in 1994. Includes biography.

A list of women who have served in the United States Senate, in order of taking office. On the U.S. Senate web site.

Official U.S. Senate web site for the first woman Senator from Michigan, elected in 2000. Site includes biography.

On October 19, 1943, when Hattie Caraway presided over the Senate, she made history as the first woman to do so.

1999 article detailing the history of women in Australia's Senate.