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United States

First Woman
President

Year: 

Not Yet!

First Woman
Vice President

Year: 2020

First Woman
Governor

Year: 1925

First Woman
Cabinet Member

Year: 1933

First Woman
U.S. Secretary of State

Year: 1997

First Woman
U.S. Attorney General

Year: 1993

First Woman

Speaker of the U.S.

House of Representatives

Year: 2007, 2019

California

First Woman

Minority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives

Year: 2002

California

First Woman
Member of the 
U.S.

House of Representatives

Year: 1917

Montana

First Woman
Senate Majority Leader

Year: 

Not Yet

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First Woman

Senate Minority Leader

Year: 

Not Yet

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First Woman
Senator

Year: 1922

First Woman
Supreme Court Justice

Year: 1981

First Woman
Federal Judge

Year: 1918

Kathryn Sellers

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Juvenile Court, District of Columbia

First Woman
District Court Judge

Year: 1949

Burnita Shelton

Matthews

District of Columbia

First Woman
Admitted Lawyer

Year: 1869

Iowa

First Woman
Law School Graduate

Year: 1870

University of Chicago

First Woman
Law School Student

Year: 1869

Washington University

First Woman
General Counsel

of the Army

Year: 1977

First Woman
Judge Advocate General

of the Army

Year: 2013

First Woman
General Counsel

of the Department of Defense

Year: 1987

First Woman
General Counsel

of the Air Force

Year: 1986

First Woman
Judge Advocate General

of the Air Force

Year: 2025

First Woman
Solicitor General

of the United States

Year: 2009

First Woman
General Counsel

of the Navy

Year: 2009

First Woman
Judge Advocate General

of the Navy

Year: 1986

First Woman
Judge Advocate General

of the Coast Guard

Year: 2020

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