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Virginia Madueño
Virginia Madueño


Virginia Madueño ran in the 2018 elections for the U.S. House of Representatives for California’s 10th District, losing in the primary. Madueño was raised in Riverbank, California. She earned a B.A. in communications from California State University in 1990 and two certifications from the Center for Creative Leadership and Harvard Kennedy School in 2006. She is president of American Agriculture Export Company Inc and of Imagen LLC, and the co-owner of World Tile Design. She served as mayor of the city of Riverbank from 2005-2008 and again from 2009-2012.
Sue Myrick
Sue Myrick


Sue Myrick represented North Carolina's 9th District in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2013. Myrick was born August 1, 1941, in Tiffin, Ohio. She attended Heidelberg College from 1959 to 1960. In 1995, she received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Heidelberg College. Prior to serving in Congress, Myrick served as president/CEO of Myrick Advertising and Public Relations and Myrick Enterprises. From 1983 to 1985, she served on the Charlotte (NC) City Council and, from 1987 to 1991, as mayor of Charlotte. For information on […]
Grace Napolitano
Grace Napolitano


Grace Napolitano assumed office as a U.S representative from California in 1999, representing the 34th District from 1999-2003, the 38th District from 2003-2013, the 32nd District from 2013-2023, and now the 31st District. Napolitano was born December 4, 1936, in Brownsville, Texas. She attended Cerritos College in Norwalk, California, and Texas Southmost College in Brownsville, Texas. In 1986, she served on the Norwalk (Calif.) City Council; and from 1989 to 1990, she served as the mayor of Norwalk. Napolitano served as a member of the California Assembly from 1992 to […]
Susan Narvaiz
Susan Narvaiz


Susan Narvaiz served three terms as mayor of San Marcos, Texas. She was first elected in 2004 and was re-elected in 2006 and 2008.  Narvaiz was born in Dayton, Ohio, and moved to San Antonio, Texas, when she was young. She became a resident of San Marcos, Texas, in 1995. Before serving as mayor, she was elected to the San Marcos City Council in 2002. Narvaiz served as a board member on the Advocacy Committee for Girl Scouts of Central Texas, secretary of Freedom Legacy International and member of the […]
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin


Sarah Palin served as governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009, the state's first female governor. In August 2008, Senator John McCain chose Palin to serve as his vice-presidential running mate in his presidential campaign, making Palin the first woman to run on the Republican Party's presidential ticket. Palin was born on February 11, 1964, in Sandpoint, Idaho, moving to Alaska with her family in later that year. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in communications from the University of Idaho in 1987, then returned to Alaska to work […]
Roxanne Qualls
Roxanne Qualls


Roxanne Qualls served three terms as mayor of Cincinnati, first elected in 1993 and reelected in 1995 and 1997. Qualls was born March 3, 1953, in Tacoma, Washington. She attended Thomas More College, majoring in history, and then attended the University of Cincinnati in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at the College of Design, Architecture, and Art. Prior to serving in elective office, Roxanne served as the first director of the Northern Kentucky Rape Crisis Center (1975-1977, now known as the Women's Crisis Center), the executive director of […]
Felisa Rincón de Gautier
Felisa Rincón de Gautier


Felisa Rincón de Gautier was a Puerto Rican suffragist and the first female mayor of San Juan. Rincón de Gautier was born on January 9, 1897, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico. She was active in the campaign to win Puerto Rican women the right to vote, which finally succeeded in 1932. She was one of the first women to vote in Puerto Rico and was later elected the first female mayor of San Juan, serving from 1946-1969. Her social programs were widely supported and were focused on childcare programs, centers for […]
Elaine Scruggs
Elaine Scruggs


Elaine Scruggs served as mayor of Glendale, Arizona, from 1993 to 2013. Prior to her service as mayor, she served on the Glendale City Council from 1991 to 1993 and was a member and past chair of the Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority Board of Directors, the Maricopa Association of Governments Regional Council, and MAG Transportation Policy Committee. She has also served as president of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns and a past chair and former member of Arizona Municipal Water Users Association. Sources: Arizona's Most Intriguing […]
Claudia Sheinbaum
Claudia Sheinbaum


Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is an environmental engineer, politician, and president-elect of Mexico. She is the first woman and first Jewish person to be elected to that position. Sheinbaum was born on June 24, 1962, in Mexico City. She earned a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1989, a master's degree in 1994, and a Ph.D. in energy engineering in 1995, all from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). From 1995-2000 and 2006-2015, Sheinbaum was a faculty member and researcher at the Institute of Engineering at UNAM, authoring more than 100 […]
Marilyn Strickland
Marilyn Strickland


Marilyn Strickland has served as member of the U.S. House of Representatives since Jan. 3, 2021, representing Washington's 10th Congressional District. Strickland was born in Seoul, South Korea. She currently lives in Tacoma, Washington. She earned a B.A. in sociology from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from Clark-Atlanta University. She has served as the campaign chair of the United Way of Pierce County. She has also served as a trustee of the Tacoma Public Library and Annie Wright Schools, and a member of The Black Collective and the […]