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Carol Moseley Braun
Carol Moseley Braun


Carol Moseley Braun was a U.S. senator from Illinois from 1993 to 1999. She was the first African American woman to serve in the U.S. Senate (and the only one until Kamala Harris was elected to the Senate from California in 2016), and was the first female senator from Illinois. Moseley Braun was born on August 16, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in political science in 1969 and obtained her juris doctor from the University of Chicago Law School in 1972. […]
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer


Janice K. Brewer assumed office as Arizona governor in January of 2009, after Governor Janet Napolitano resigned to accept an appointment as secretary of homeland security, and served as governor until 2015. Because Arizona state law limits office holders to two consecutive terms, regardless of whether they serve full or partial terms, she was ineligible to run for governor in 2014. Brewer was born on September 26, 1944, in Hollywood, California. She received her radiological technologist certification from Glendale Community College in Glendale, California. She moved to Arizona in 1970 […]
Katherine "Kate" Brown
Katherine "Kate" Brown


Katherine "Kate" Brown served as governor of Oregon from 2015-2023. She assumed office on Feb. 18, 2015, following the resignation of her predecessor due to a public corruption scandal. She won the election to serve the remaining two years of her predecessor's four-year term in November 2016 and was re-elected in November 2018. Because of term limits, she was not eligible to run in 2022. Brown was the state's second female governor and the first openly bisexual governor in the United States. Brown was born on June 21, 1960, in […]
Lisa Brown
Lisa Brown


Lisa Brown assumed office as the mayor of Spokane, Washington, on January 1, 2024. She is a former state legislator and former chancellor of Washington State University, Spokane. Brown was born October 9, 1956, in Robison, Illinois. She received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and economics from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and a Masters of Arts and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She was an associate professor of economics at Eastern Washington University from 1981 to 2001, serving as the interim director of the […]
Julia Brownley
Julia Brownley


Julia Brownley was elected to U.S. House of Representatives in 2012, representing California's 26th District. Brownley was born on August 28, 1952. After graduating with a B.A. in political science from George Washington University and an M.B.A. from American University, she worked in marketing before beginning her time in public service. She began her career in public service as a school board member in 1994, where she served three terms. Brownley was elected to the California state legislature in 2006, where she served as chairwoman of the Assembly Education Committee […]
Yvonne Burke
Yvonne Burke


Yvonne Brathwaite Burke was the first African American congresswoman and assemblywoman elected from California and the first female and the first African American member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. In 1973, Burke became the first Congresswoman to give birth while in office and the first to be granted maternity leave. Burke was born Perle Yvonne Watson on October 5, 1932, in Los Angeles, California. She earned a B.A. in political science from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1953 and a Juris doctorate from the […]
Emily Cain
Emily Cain


Emily Cain is the executive director of the political action committee EMILY's list. Additionally, she served as a Maine state senator and served in the Maine House of Representatives. Cain was born March 29, 1980, in Louisville, Kentucky, grew up in Illinois, and graduated from high school in New Jersey. She is a graduate of the University of Maine and Harvard University. Cain served in the Maine House of Representatives from 2004 to 2012, serving as minority leader from 2010 to 2012. In 2012 Cain ran for the state Senate […]
Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell


Maria Cantwell assumed office as a United States senator for the state of Washington in January 2001. Cantwell was born October 13, 1958, in Indianapolis, Indiana. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in public administration from Miami University of Ohio in 1980. After working for two political campaigns following graduation, Cantwell, worked in public relations. Cantwell served as a Washington State representative from 1987-1993. In 1993, she was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Washington's 1st Congressional District, serving only one term before losing the next election. […]
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito


Shelley Moore Capito assumed office as U.S. senator from West Virginia in 2015. Capito is West Virginia's first female senator. Capito was born November 26, 1953, in Glen Dale, West Virginia. She completed a Bachelor of Science in zoology from Duke University in 1975. In 1976, she completed her Master of Education from the University of Virginia. After graduation, Capito worked as a college counselor and advisor at West Virginia State College (now University). From 1997 to 2001, Capito served in the West Virginia State House of Delegates. Capito then […]
Jennifer Carroll
Jennifer Carroll


Jennifer Carroll, Florida's 18th lieutenant governor, served from January 2011 to March 2013. She is the state's first Black American and first woman elected as lieutenant governor, and the first Black person elected to statewide office in Florida since Reconstruction. Carroll was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, West Indies, on August 27, 1959. She immigrated to the United States when she was eight. Following her graduation from Uniondale High School in New York, she enlisted in the U.S. Navy. After 20 years of service, she retired as a lieutenant […]