Joseph Marion Hernandez : first Hispanic to serve in Congress (1820s) -- Hiram Rhodes Revels : first Black man to serve in Congress (1870) -- Charles Curtis : first Native American to serve in Congress (1890s-1930s) -- Jeannette Rankin : first woman to serve in Congress (1910s, 1940s) -- Oscar DePriest : first Black man to serve in Congress in the twentieth century (1920s-1930s) -- Hattie Caraway : first woman elected to serve a full term in the United States Senate (1930s-1940s) -- Margaret Chase Smith : first woman elected to both chambers of Congress (1940s-1970s) -- Daniel Inouye : highest-ranking Asian American to serve in Congress (1950s-2010s) -- Shirley Chisholm : the first Black woman elected to Congress (1960s-1980s) -- Barbara Jordan : first Black woman elected to congress from the South (1970s) -- Gerry E. Studds : first openly gay member of Congress (1970s-1990s) -- Carol Moseley Braun : first Black woman to serve in the United States Senate (1990s) -- Nancy Pelosi : first woman to serve as speaker of the United States House of Representatives (2000s, 2010s, 2020s) -- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen : first Hispanic woman to serve in Congress (1980s-2010s) -- Hillary Clinton : first woman in Congress to become a major party presidential nominee (2010s) -- Tammy Duckworth : first disabled person to serve in Congress (2010s-2020s) -- Catherine Cortez Masto : first Latina to serve in the United States Senate (2010s-2020s) -- Pramila Jayapal : first Indian-American woman to serve in Congress (2010s-2020s) -- Stephanie Murphy : first Vietnamese woman to serve in Congress (2010s-2020s) -- Ilhan Omar : first Somali-American elected to Congress (2010s-2020).
Summary:
"Congressional Pathfinders discusses twenty seminal public figures in the history of the United States Congress, including the first black member, the first woman, and the first openly gay member. With its emphasis on the diversity of elected officials, the book demonstrates the importance of inclusivity in American politics"-- Provided by publisher.
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