For the first time ever, two Black women have been elected to serve in the U.S. Senate, while voters also sent a transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives ...

Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts Voters also sent the first openly transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts Voters also sent the first openly transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Black women notch historic Senate wins in an election year defined by potential firsts Voters also sent the first openly transgender lawmaker to the U.S. House of Representatives.

Black women, says a North Carolina congresswoman, “work twice as hard to get half as far. ” And the inequity, says Rep.

The 119th Congress was sworn in Jan. 3, marking several milestones for women of color. In the Senate, two Black women are serving concurrently for the first time. And in the House, two states and one ...

In 2016, Kamala Harris was elected to the U.S. Senate, and Lisa Blunt Rochester was elected to the House of Representatives. Now, Angela Alsobrooks and Blunt Rochester, along with Harris, have ...

Sarah Elisabeth Goode made history in 1885 when she became one of the first Black American women to earn a patent. She ...

Congresswoman Simon said she is “proud to be marching in that tune” of Black women truthtellers in Congress and beyond, she also emphasized the leadership of House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem ...

Black women have long understood ... Black women such as Representatives Jasmine Crockett of Texas and Lauren Underwood ... the glass ceiling in our attempts to see a woman in the White House.

Women make up the same share of each chamber as they did at the start of the last Congress, although their number dropped by one in the House. There were 124 women representatives and 25 women ...

Former US Rep. Mia Love, the first Republican black woman elected to Congress, has died, her family announced Sunday night. She was 49. “With grateful hearts filled to overflowing for the ...