“We’ve only had—total, at one time—three African-American women serving in the Congress,” Lee points out. “I have to fight every day, not only for my constituents but for the issues ...

the first African-American woman elected, and Bella Abzug, one of the first to advocate gay rights. "Shirley and Bella were not what the male members of Congress had come to expect from a female ...

A 2014 study shows Black women face negative perceptions ... of sharecroppers and I am the first African American democratic nominee running for Congress in a community where my grandfather ...

Ayanna Pressley is set to become the first African-American woman elected to the US Congress in Massachusetts, following a primary upset. The 44-year-old Boston city councillor beat House veteran ...

Her elevation to Congress comes as transgender issues have proven divisive in American politics. From bans on biological males playing in women’s and girls’ sports and bans on books with LGBTQ ...

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Up next, Chisholm made a run for Congress “[u]sing the motto ... becoming “the first African American woman to make a bid to be president of the United States when she ran for the Democratic ...

Rochester was the first woman and first African American to represent Delaware in Congress and is now the first Black woman to represent Delaware in the Senate. Though McBride hasn’t emphasized ...