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"I may be the first woman member of Congress, but I won't be the last."
-Jeanette Rankin, 1916
The first woman was elected to the House of Representatives in 1916.
There are 155 women in Congress today, an increase from 131 just three sessions ago.
131 & COUNTING: cultivating, connecting, and celebrating the achievement of women lawmakers and women policy professionals.
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