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Subject: Women in both Houses of Congress
Category: Reference, Education and News > General Reference
Asked by: sumatra-ga
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Posted: 09 Nov 2004 03:43 PST
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Question ID: 426524
What are the names of the women that have been members of both the US
House of Representatives and the Senate, and in what years did they
serve in the respective chambers of Congress?
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Subject: Re: Women in both Houses of Congress
Answered By: answerfinder-ga on 09 Nov 2004 04:30 PST
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Dear sumatra-ga,
These are the details you require.

House of Representatives
Margaret Chase Smith Rep.-Maine 1940?1949
Barbara Ann Mikulski Dem.-Md. 1977?1987
Olympia Jean Snowe Rep.-Maine 1979?1995
Barbara Boxer Dem.-Calif. 1983?1993
Blanche Lambert Lincoln Dem.-Ark. 1993?1997
Debbie Stabenow Dem.-Mich. 1997?2001
Maria Cantwel Dem.-Wash. 1993?1995

Senate
Margaret Chase Smith Rep. -Maine 1949?1973 
Barbara Mikulski Dem. -Md. 1987? 
Barbara Boxer Dem. -Calif. 1993? 
Olympia Jean Snowe Rep. -Maine 1995? 
Blanche Lincoln Dem. -Ark. 1999? 
Debbie Stabenow Dem. -Mich. 2001? 
Maria Cantwell Dem. -Wash. 2001? 

The source for this information is this chronological list of female
members of Congress. If you click each name you will access their
biographical details.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/congresswomen/chrono.asp

Additional information on Women in the House and the Senate on these pages
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0801429.html
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0768502.html

I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
unclear, then please ask for clarification of this research before
rating the answer. I shall respond to the clarification request as
soon as I receive it.
Thank you
answerfinder


Search strategy
"House of Representatives" Senate female
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22House+of+Representatives%22+Senate+female
which gave me the Factmoster site. Then search on Congress and the
various names which led me to the Congress web site.
sumatra-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars
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