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Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia A McKinney


Cynthia A. McKinney represented Georgia in the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 and then again from 2005 to 2007. She was the first African American woman from Georgia in the U.S. House. McKinney was born March 17, 1955, in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1978, she graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. She completed graduate studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Medford, Massachusetts. In 1984, McKinney served as a diplomatic fellow at Spelman College in […]
Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers


Cathy McMorris Rodgers assumed office January 2005, representing Washington's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives. McMorris Rodgers was born May 22, 1969, in Salem, Oregon. She graduated from Pensacola Christian College in Florida in 1990. In 2002, she received her Executive MBA from the University of Washington. McMorris Rodgers served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1994 to 2003, serving as house minority leader from 2002 to 2003.  She was the first woman to lead the House Caucus and the youngest woman since World War II. […]
Martha McSally
Martha McSally


Martha McSally was appointed to the U.S. Senate for Arizona on Jan. 3, 2019, to finish the term of the late Senator John McCain, who passed away on August 25, 2018. McCain's first appointed successor, retired Senator Jon Kyl, served only until the end of that Congress. McSally was the 2020 Republican nominee for the seat, losing in the general election. McSally was born on March 22, 1966, in Warwick, Rhode Island. She graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1988, earned a master's degree in public policy […]
Grace Meng
Grace Meng


Grace Meng assumed office as the U.S. Representative for New York's 6th Congressional District in January 2013. Born and raised in Queens, Meng graduated from Stuyvesant High School, has a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Previously, she was a member of the New York state legislature, the youngest Asian American ever elected to that state legislature. Meng is a distinguished member of the NYS Legislative Women's Caucus. As the first-ever Asian American appointed to hold a cabinet […]
Barbara Mikulski
Barbara Mikulski


Barbara Mikulski served as Maryland's United States senator from 1986-2017. Mikulski was the first Democrat woman senator elected in her own right. She was also the first woman to chair the Senate Committee on Appropriations. In 2011 Mikulski became the longest-serving female senator and in 2012, the longest-serving woman in Congress. Mikulski was born July 20, 1936, in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her Bachelor of Arts in sociology in 1958 from Mount Saint Agnes College (now part of Loyola University Maryland) and her master's degree in social work from the […]
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Juanita Millender-McDonald


Juanita Millender-McDonald represented California in the United States House of Representatives from 1996 to 2007. Millender-McDonald served as the chairwoman of the House Administration Committee, the first African American woman to chair a standing congressional panel. Millender-McDonald was born September 7, 1938, in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1981, she completed her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Redlands in Redlands, California. In 1988, she received her master's degree in educational administration from California State University in Los Angeles. After teaching math at a public high school, […]
Candice S. Miller
Candice S. Miller


Candice S. Miller represented Michigan's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives from 2003-2017. Miller was born May 7, 1954, in Detroit, Michigan. She attended Macomb County Community College in Warren, Michigan. Prior to serving in Congress, Miller served as a trustee on the Harrison Township Board in Harrison Township, Michigan, from 1979 to 1980. From 1980 to 1992, she served as the Harrison Township supervisor, becoming the youngest supervisor and first woman elected to the position. She also served as treasurer of Macomb County, Michigan from 1992 […]
Carol D. Miller
Carol D. Miller


Carol Miller assumed office as U.S. representative for West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2019. Previously, Miller served in the the West Virginia House of Delegates from 2007 to 2019. Miller was born Nov. 4, 1950, in Columbus, Ohio. Her father was U.S. Congressman Samuel L. Devine. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in history and political science from Columbia College in 1972. She has worked as a self-employed real estate manager since 1985 and has owned Swann Ridge Bison Farm since 1994. In the West Virginia […]
Mary Miller
Mary Miller


Mary Miller assumed office as the U.S. representative for Illinois' 15th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2021. Miller was born on August 27, 1959, in Naperville, Illinois. She graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in business management and received her teaching certificate. She and her husband own and operate a family farm. For information on Miller's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov. Sources: Ballotpedia (n.d.). Mary Miller. Retrieved on Nov 17, 2020, […]
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Mariannette Miller-Meeks


Mariannette Miller-Meeks assumed office as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 2nd District on Jan. 3, 2021. Following redistricting in 2021, most of District 2 was renamed District 1 and Miller-Meeks won re-election in the district. Miller-Meeks enlisted in the United States Army at age 18 and retired honorably from the reserves as a Lt. Colonel. During those 24 years, active duty and reserve, she served as a private, nurse, and physician. She completed her undergraduate degree in nursing at Texas Christian University, a Master of Science in education from University […]