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Who was the first woman to serve in Congress?

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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973)

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An American politician and women's rights advocate, and the first woman to hold federal office in the United States. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican from Montana in 1916, and again in 1940

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Jeannette Rankennnnn

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