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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 03:46 PM
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Yesterday ...
all my troubles seemed so far away.

Doubtless because it was the anniversary of when the first female US Senator was sworn in. It was 1922, the year my dad's mom started college. Can anyone guess what state she was from? (the Senator that is, not my dad's mom)
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 03:55 PM
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1. Jeanette Rankin was the first
woman U.S. Representative. (R-Mont)
I don't know who the first woman senator was.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 04:08 PM
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4. and she has the distinction
of being the only person who voted against American involvement in WWI and WWII, and this in spite of the fact that she only served two terms.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 03:58 PM
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2. Georgia on my mind. (nt)
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 04:06 PM
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3. boy that was over quick
They must really teach American civics over there in Switzerland. Or are you originally from Colorado?
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Nov-22-05 04:09 PM
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5. Not from Colorado.
But I just remembered I had this old bookmark:

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/womensfirsts1.html
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