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Donna Edwards
Donna Edwards


Donna Edwards represented Maryland's 4th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2008-2017. She ran for U.S. Senate in 2016 to replace retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski instead of running for re-election to her Congressional seat, but was defeated in the primary. In 2022, she ran for her old congressional seat, losing in the primary. Edwards was born June 28, 1958. She graduated from Wake Forest University and received her Juris Doctorate from the University of New Hampshire School of Law. During the 1980s, she worked as a clerk for […]
Renee Ellmers
Renee Ellmers


Renee Ellmers served as the United States representative for North Carolina's 2nd District from 2011-2017. In 2022, she ran for the seat for North Carolina's 13th congressional district, losing in the primary. Ellmers was born February 9, 1964, in Michigan. She completed her bachelor's degree in nursing at Oakland in 1990. After graduation, she worked as a registered nurse, focusing on surgical care as Clinical Director of the Trinity Wound Care Center and later helping to manage the family's small medical practice with her husband. For information on Ellmers' policy […]
Jo Ann Emerson
Jo Ann Emerson


Jo Ann Emerson assumed office as U.S. Representative for Missouri's 8th District in November 1996 in a special election after the death of her husband, Bill Emerson, and served until her retirement in January 2013. She was the first Republican woman to represent Missouri in Congress. Emerson was born September 16, 1950, in Bethesda, Maryland. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in political science. After graduating, she served as the senior vice president of public affairs for the American Insurance Association, as director of […]
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar


Veronica Escobar assumed office as the U.S. representative for Texas' 16th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2019. She and Sylvia Garcia, U.S. representative for Texas's 29th Congressional District, are the first Hispanic women to represent Texas in the U.S. House. Escobar was born on September 15, 1969, in El Paso, Texas. She received a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and a Master of Arts from New York University. Before beginning her political career, Escobar was executive director for Community Scholars, a non-profit organization […]
Anna Eshoo
Anna Eshoo


Anna Eshoo assumed office in January 1993, representing California's 14th District in the United States House of Representatives. Following redistricting, she represented the 14th District from 2013-2023 and has represented the 16th District since 2023. Eshoo was born December 13, 1942, in New Britain, Connecticut. She completed her associate of arts degree in English from Cañada College in 1975. Prior to serving in Congress, she served ten years on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors (1982 to 1992). For information on Eshoo's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored […]
Elizabeth Esty
Elizabeth Esty


Elizabeth Esty served as the U.S. representative for Connecticut's 5th Congressional District from 2013 to 2019. Esty was born on August 25, 1959, in Oak Park, Illinois. She earned an A.B. from Harvard University in 1981 and J.D. from Yale University in 1985. After clerking for U.S. District Judge Robert Keeton of Massachusetts, Esty joined the firm of Sidley Austin in Washington, DC, and served as a member of the Supreme Court bar. She later went on to work in health care and Medicare policy as a senior research scholar […]
Mary Fallin
Mary Fallin


Mary Fallin served as Oklahoma's governor from 2011-2019, the state's first female governor. Fallin was born on December 9, 1954, in Warrensburg, Missouri. Both her mother and father served terms as mayor of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, where she was raised. Fallin graduated in 1977 from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in human and environmental sciences, and family relations and child development. Fallin served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1991 to 1995, then as lieutenant governor of Oklahoma from 1995-2007, the state's first female lieutenant governor. […]
Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine A Ferraro


Geraldine A. Ferraro served in the United States House of Representatives, representing New York's 9th District, from 1979 to 1985. In 1984, she was the first woman vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket. Ferraro was born August 26, 1935, in Newburgh, New York. She attended Marymount College in New York City, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1956. She taught in the New York public schools while completing her law degree from Fordham University, receiving her degree in 1960. Following college, Ferraro practiced law, worked […]
Abby Finkenauer
Abby Finkenauer


Abby Finkenauer served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 1st Congressional District from 2019-2021. She and Cindy Axne, who also won election to the U.S. House on Nov. 6, 2018, were the first women to serve in the U.S. House from Iowa. Finkenauer was born December 27, 1988, in Dubuque, Iowa. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Drake University. After college, she worked at the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque with Jackson, Jones, Delaware, Clayton and Allamakee county affiliate foundations. She formerly served on the board of Greater Dubuque […]
Michelle Fischbach
Michelle Fischbach


Michelle Fischbach assumed office as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 7th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2021. Fischbach was born on November 3, 1965. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from St. Cloud State University in 1989 and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from William Mitchell College of Law in 2011. Fischbach served on the Paynesville, Minnesota, City Council from 1995-1996 and then in the Minnesota Senate from 1997-2018, the first woman to serve as president of that body. She served as the lieutenant governor of Minnesota […]