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FUN FACTS #1: Women in American Politics
LADIES LOVE POLITICS
English - March 11, 2022 18:51 - 3 minutes - 3.23 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsPolitics News Daily News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
#1: Jeannette Rankin - First woman in Congress
REFERENCES:
https://www.britannica.com/list/7-female-firsts-in-us-politics
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jeannette-rankin-becomes-first-u-s-congresswoman
https://www.loc.gov/resource/ggbain.23837/
#2: Women Were BANNED From Wearing Pants in Congress Until the 90’s
REFERENCES:
https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/02/women-wearing-pants-are-still-controversial.html
https://didyouknowfacts.com/the-woman-who-finally-wore-pants-onto-the-senate-floor-in-1993/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93384/why-women-couldnt-wear-pants-senate-floor-until-1993
FACT #3: Fun Facts About First Lady Martha Washington?
https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/martha-washington/ten-facts-about-martha-washington/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Martha-Washington
http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=1