Rep. Frances P. Bolton (second from left) joins the other female congressmen for photograph in 1940: Rep. Clara McMillian, Rep. Mary T. Norton, Rep. Caroline O'Day, Rep. Edith N. Rogers, and Rep. Jessie Sumner. Bolton's election to the House of Representatives raised the number of women serving in that body to six. It took more than a dozen more years before a dozen women sat in Congress. Bolton was a pioneer in many "firsts" for women in Congress, including being the first Ohio woman elected to the House of Representatives. Nonetheless, she preferred to be called "Congressman" rather than the progressive "Congresswoman." Today, 102 women serve in the 113th Congress: 82 in the House and 20 in the Senate. | Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs DivisionDownload Original File
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