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Geraldine A 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 […]
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher


Lizzie Pannill Fletcher assumed office as the U.S. representative for Texas' 7th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2019. Fletcher earned a Bachelor of Arts in history from Kenyon College in 1997 and a Juris Doctor from William & Mary Law School in 2006. She is an attorney who has worked in international and business law. For information on Fletcher'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.
Virginia Foxx
Virginia Foxx


Virginia Foxx assumed office in January 2005, representing North Carolina's 5th District in the United States House of Representatives. Foxx was born June 29, 1943, in Bronx, New York. She received her bachelor's degree at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her master's and doctoral degrees at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Foxx served as a research assistant at UNC and as an English professor and in university administration at Appalachian State University. From 1987 to 1994, she served as Mayland Community College president. She […]
Lois Frankel
Lois Frankel


Lois Frankel has served as a U.S. representative for Florida since 2013. She served the 22nd District from 2013-2017, the 21st District from 2017-2023, and currently serves the 22nd District again. Frankel was born in New York, New York, on May 16, 1948. She received a B.A. from Boston University and J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. Previously she served 14 years in the Florida state legislature, and became the first woman to serve as Democratic minority leader. She was then elected mayor of West Palm Beach in 2003 and […]
Marcia L Fudge
Marcia L Fudge


Marcia L. Fudge served as U.S. secretary of housing and urban development from March 10, 2021-March 22, 2024. Previously, she represented Ohio's 11th District in the United States House of Representatives from 2008-2021. Fudge was born October 29, 1952. She completed her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration at The Ohio State University in 1975, and in 1983, she received her law degree from Cleveland State University. From 2000-2008, Fudge served as the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, becoming the city's first female and first African American elected as […]
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard


Tulsi Gabbard served as the representative for Hawaii's 2nd Congressional District from 2013-2021, the first American Samoan Congresswoman and first practicing Hindu member of Congress. In February 2019, she announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States, the first female combat veteran to run for U.S. president. She suspended her presidential campaign on March 19, 2020. Gabbard was born on April 12, 1981, in Leloaloa, American Samoa. She received a B.S.B.A. in business administration from Hawaii Pacific University in 2009. Her father, Mike Gabbard, has […]
Sylvia Garcia
Sylvia Garcia


Sylvia Garcia assumed office as U.S. representative for Texas's 29th Congressional District on Jan. 3, 2019. She and Veronica Escobar, U.S. representative for Texas's 16th Congressional District, are the first Hispanic women to represent Texas in the U.S. House. Garcia was born September 6, 1950, in Palito Blanco, Texas. After earning a Bachelor of Arts in social work from Texas Women's University, she worked as a social worker. She later received a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Texas Southern University. In the early 1980s, Houston Mayor Kathryn Whitmire appointed Garcia as […]
Gabrielle Giffords
Gabrielle Giffords


Gabrielle Giffords assumed office in January 2007, representing Arizona's 8th District in the United States House of Representatives until January 2012. Giffords is the third woman elected from Arizona to serve in the United States Congress. Giffords was born June 8, 1970, in Tucson, Arizona. In 1993, she completed her B.A. in sociology and Latin American history at Scripps College in California. From 1993 to 1994, she studied in Chihuahua, Mexico, as a Fulbright Scholar. After returning to the United States, Gifford studied at Cornell University, completing her master's degree […]