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Patsy Mink
Patsy Mink


Patsy Mink served as a United States representative for Hawaii from 1965 to 1977, and then again from 1989 to 2003. Mink was the first woman of color to serve in Congress. In 1972, she ran as an anti-war candidate in the 1972 Oregon Democratic presidential primary. Mink was born on December 6, 1927, in Pai, Hawaii Territory. She received a with a Bachelor of Arts in zoology and chemistry from the University of Hawaii in 1948 and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Chicago Law School in 1951. […]
Ruth Ann Minner
Ruth Ann Minner


Ruth Ann Minner served as governor of Delaware from 2001-2009, the state's first female governor. She was also the first woman elected as Delaware's lieutenant governor, in 1993. Minner was born January 17, 1935, in Delaware. Following the death of her first husband, she earned her GED in 1968 and later attended Delaware Technical and Community College. Prior to serving as governor, Minner served as Delaware's lieutenant governor from 1993-2001. She also served in the Delaware state Senate (1983-1993) and state House of Representatives (1975-1983). Minner died on Nov. 4, […]
Sue Minter
Sue Minter


Sue Minter was the 2016 Democratic nominee for governor of Vermont, but lost in the general election. Minter was born on January 23, 1961 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Harvard University with a concentration in sociology in 1984. She earned a master's degree in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991. Minter served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2005 to 2011. In January 2011, she was appointed deputy secretary of the Vermont Agency of Transportation, and was praised for her leadership of Vermont's […]
Diane Mitsch Bush
Diane Mitsch Bush


Diane Mitsch Bush was the 2018 and 2020 Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives for Colorado's 3rd District. Mitsch Bush earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology in 1975 and Ph.D. in sociology and social policy in 1979 from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She has worked as a research assistant for the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota, a small business proprietor in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and an assistant professor of sociology and social science. She served in the Colorado House of Representatives from […]
Carol Molnau
Carol Molnau


Carol Molnau served as Minnesota's lieutenant governor from 2003 to 2011. Molnau was born September 17, 1949, in Waconia, Minnesota, and attended the University of Minnesota. She served on the Chaska City Council from 1989 to 1992. Prior to serving as lieutenant governor, Molnau was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1992 and served five terms. Formally the head of the Minnesota Department of Transportation, Molnau served as Minnesota's lieutenant governor and transport commissioner simultaneously. Sources: Ballotpedia (n.d.). “Carol Molnau” Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 7, 2022. https://ballotpedia.org/Carol_Molnau
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore


Gwen Moore assumed office January 2005, representing Wisconsin's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives. Moore was born April 18, 1951, in Racine, Wisconsin. She completed a Bachelor of Arts in political science at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1978. Prior to entering the United States Congress, Moore served as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly (1989 to 1992) and as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate (1993 to 2004). She was elected as the Democratic co-chair of the Congressional Women's Caucus in January 2011. […]
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan


Patricia Morgan is a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, serving from 2011-2019 and again from 2021-present. She was a 2018 Republican candidate for Rhode Island governor, losing in the primary. Morgan was the Republican nominee for the 2024 Senate race to represent Rhode Island, losing in the general election. Morgan was born in Ohio on August 25, 1950. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Kent State University, an Me.D. from Rhode Island College, and a principal's certificate from Providence College. She spent her early […]
Lisa Murkowski
Lisa Murkowski


Lisa Murkowski has served in the U.S. Senate for Alaska since 2002. Murkowski was the first elected Alaska-born senator and first woman to represent Alaska in the Senate. Murkowski was born May 22, 1957, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Her father is former U.S. senator and governor of Alaska Frank Murkowski. She graduated from Georgetown University in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and from Willamette University in 1985 with a Juris Doctor. Prior to her political career, Murkowski was an Anchorage District Court attorney from 1987-1989 and a private […]
Erin Murphy
Erin Murphy


Erin Murphy assumed office in the Minnesota State Senate on January 5, 2021. She previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019. She was a 2018 Democratic candidate for governor of Minnesota, but lost in the primary. Murphy was born March 13, 1960. She received a Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 1984 and her Master of Arts in organizational leadership in health care at the College of St. Catherine in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 2005. She attended the Humphrey Institute […]
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 […]