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Women in Government (WIG, USA)

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Women in Government (headquartered in Washington, D.C.), is a national, non-profit, bi-partisan organization of women state legislators in USA that provides leadership opportunities, networking expert forums, and educational resources to address and resolve complex public policy issues.

About

Women in Government was founded in 1988 with the vision to empower women legislators in USA to effect sound policy. The organization hosts over two dozen educational conferences on issues relating to public policy every year. It also provides its members with full legislative scholarships. These scholarships provide conference participants with opportunities to hear presentations from nationally noted expert speakers, receive comprehensive issue-based information and network with fellow policymakers, sharing best practices and developing policy solutions.

Women in Government’s Board of Directors is composed of 13 female state legislators who help recruit new members and provide support to the organization. The Board is made up of both Democrats and Republicans, reflecting Women in Government’s bipartisan nature.

Initiatives

Women in Government has launched several Policy Resource Centers that provide state legislators with information about Cervical Cancer Prevention, Access to Higher Education, Kidney Health, and Medicare Preventive Services. The Resource Centers provide educational materials and resource tools, including legislative toolkits, while identifying important policy issues and supporting state legislative activity.

List of first women elected/appointed to state legislative office (USA)

  • Alabama

1923 Representative Hattie Hooker Wilkins

  • Alaska

1937 Representative Nell Scott (elected to AK Territorial House)

  • Arizona

1915 Representative Rachel Berry
1915 Senator Frances Willard Munds

  • Arkansas

1922 Representative Frances Hunt
1964 Senator Dorathy Allen

  • California

1918 Representatives Grace Doris, Esto Broughton, Anna Saylor, and Elizabeth Hughes
1976 Senator Rose Ann Vuich

  • Colorado

1894 Representatives Frances Klock, Clara Cressingham and Carrie C. Holly
1913 Senator Helen R. Robinson

  • Connecticut

1921 Representatives Emily Sophie Brown, Grace I. Edwards, Lillian M.S. Frink, Mary M. Hooker, Helen A. Jewett

  • Delaware

1924 Representative Florence Hanby
1956 Senator Meg Manning

  • Florida

1929 Representative Edna Fuller Giles
1962 Senator Beth McCollough Johnson

  • Georgia

1922 Representatives Bessie Knowles and Viola Ross Napier
1927 Senator Margaret Bradbury Johnson (never assumed office)

  • Hawaii

1924 Representative Rosalie Keli’inoi (elected to HI Territorial House)
1932 Senator Elsie Wilcox (elected to HI Territorial Senate)

  • Idaho

1898 Representatives Clara Campbell, Hattie Noble and Mary Allen Wright
1935 Senator Margaret Bognet Pike

  • Illinois

1922 Representative Lottie Holman O’Neill
1924 Senator Florence Fifer Bohrer

  • Indiana

1921 Representative Julia D. Nelson
1943 Senator Arcada Stark Balz

  • Iowa

1928 Representative Carolyn Campbell Pendray
1932 Senator Carolyn Campbell Pendray

  • Kansas

1918 Representative Minnie Grinstead
1929 Senator T.T. Solander

  • Kentucky

1921 Representative Mary Elliott Flanery
1949 Senator Caroline Conn Moore

  • Louisiana

1940 Representative Beatrice Hawthorne Moore
1936 Senator Doris Lindsey Holland Rhodes

  • Maine

1922 Representative Dora Pinkham
1927 Senators Dora Pinkham and Katherine C. Allen

  • Maryland

1921 Delegate Mary E. W. Risteau
1934 Senator Mary E. W. Risteau

  • Massachusetts

1922 Representatives Susan Walker Fitzgerald and Sylvia M. Donaldson
1936 Senator Sybil Holmes

  • Michigan

1924 Representative Cora B. R. Anderson
1921 Senator Eva M. Hamilton

  • Minnesota

1922 Representatives Myrtle Cain, Susan M. D. Hough, Mabeth Hurd and Hannah J. Kempfer
1927 Senator Laura E. J. Naplin

  • Mississippi

1923 Representative Nellie N. Somerville
1923 Senator Carrie B. Kearney

  • Missouri

1922 Representatives Mellcene Thurman Smith and Sarah Lucille Turner
1973 Senator Mary Gant

  • Montana

1917 Representatives Maggie Smith Hathaway and Emma Ingalls

  • Nebraska

1924 Representatives Mabel A. Gillespie, Clara C. Humphrey and Sara T. Muir
1946 Senator Nell Krause

  • Nevada

1918 Representative Sadie D. Hurst
1935 Senator Frances C. Friedhoff

  • New Hampshire

1920 Representatives Jessie A. Doe and Dr. Mary Louise Rolfe Farnum
1930 Senator Maude Ferguson

  • New Jersey

1920 Representatives Margaret Laird and Jennie Van Ness
1966 Senator Mildred B. Hughes

  • New Mexico

1922 Representative Bertha M. Paxton
1925 Senator Louise Holland Coe

  • New York

1918 Representatives Mary Lilly and Ida Sammis
1934 Senator Rhoda F. Graves

  • North Carolina

1921 Representative Lillian Exum Clement
1931 Senator Gertrude Dills McKee

  • North Dakota

1922 Representatives Minnie Craig and Nellie Dougherty
1950 Senator Agnes K. Geelan

  • Ohio

1922 Representatives Nettie McKenzie Clapp, Lulu Thomas Gleason, Adelaide Sterling Ott and May Martin Van Wye
1922 Senators Nettie Bromley Loughead and Maude Comstock Waitt

  • Oklahoma

1920 Representative Amelia Elizabeth “Bessie” McColgin
1920 Senator Lamar Looney

  • Oregon

1914 Representative Marion Towne
1915 Senator Kathryn Clarke

  • Pennsylvania

1922 Representatives Alice Bentley, Rosa DeYoung, Sarah Gallaher, Helene Grimes, Sarah MacKinney, Lillie Pitts, Martha Speiser and Martha Thomas
1925 Flora Vare

  • Rhode Island

1922 Representative Isabella Ahearn O’Neill
1928 Senator Lulu M. Schlesinger

  • South Carolina

1945 Representative Harriet Johnson
1928 Senator Mary G. Ellis

  • South Dakota

1922 Representative Gladys Pyle
1936 Senator Jessie E. Sanders

  • Tennessee

1922 Representative Marion Scudder
1921 Senator Anna L. Worley

  • Texas

1922 Representative Edith M. Wilmans
1926 Senator Margie Neal

  • Utah

1896 Representatives Sarah Anderson and Eurethe LaBarthe
1896 Senator Martha Hughes Cannon

  • Vermont

1920 Representative Edna Louisa Beard
1922 Senator Edna Louisa Beard

  • Virginia

1923 Representatives Sarah Lee Fain and Helen Timmons Henderson
1979 Senator Eva F. Scott

  • Washington

1912 Representatives Frances C. Axtell and Nena J. Croake
1922 Senator Reba Hurn

  • West Virginia

1922 Representative Anna Gates
1934 Senator Hazel Hyre

  • Wisconsin

1924 Representatives Mildred Barber, Hellen M. Brooks and Helen F. Thompson
1975 Senator Kathryn Morrison

  • Wyoming

1910 Representative Mary Bellamy
1930 Senator Dora McGrath

 

Reference

Women in Government Website

 

See also

 

 

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