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Democrats
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have served
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Barbara Mikulski
mith Patsy Mink
Nancy Pelosi
(D-California)
(D-Maryland)
(D-Hawaii)
The longest serving fe- male lawmaker won 10
congressional elections. She spent a decade in the
House and 30 years in the Senate, retiring in 2 017.
n serve in gress
vation for e her
or party.
Mwoman of color and first ink was the first
Asian-American woman elected to the House of
Representatives.
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first female speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, she said: “I’ve bro-
ken the marble ceiling.”